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GENEALOGY 



OF THE 



KENNAN FAMILY 



BY 



THOMAS LATHROP KENNAN 



OF 



Milwaukee. Wisconsin 




KKNNAN CREST. 



CANNON PRINTING CO. 

MILWAUKEE 

1907 



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"It was enjoined upon the ancient Israelites to pre- 
serve their a/ncient pedigrees, and to hold in sacred vene- 
ration the memory of their forefathers." 



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Author 
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HIS book has been written for the benefit 
of my children and their descendants in 
the hope that it may stimulate in their 
hearts a love for the ties of kindred, and 
for the memory of worthy ancestors. 
I hope it will serve to arouse their curiosity con- 
cerning the remoter authors of their existence, and in- 
duce them to study the character and habits of the 
founders of this great Republic as represented in their 
own ancestry. 

It is hoped that this feeble effort to retrieve from 
oblivion something of the history and genealogy of the 
Kennan family will serve as the beginning of a work 
which will be followed up and added to by my descend- 
ants from generation to generation. 

Thomas Lathrop Kennan. 



The Kennan Family. 



CHAPTER T. 



2Crmtan Jamtlg 

The Keimans seem to belong to an ancient race of 
people for the name is foimd in the Bible. (See Chap- 
ter 1, First Chronicles, second verse.) The name is 
there spelled "Kenan" and one branch of the Kennan 
family in America spells the name in that way. 

Thomas Kenan the ancestor of that branch, was a 
brother or at least related to the Irish Earl Kearney. 
He married Miss Elizabeth Johnstone, who, tradition 
says, was a Scotch lady and blood relative of the Duke 
of Argyll. They were driven out of Scotland by the re- 
ligious prosecutions in 1641 and fled into the north of 
Ireland. Said Thomas Kenan came from Londonderry 
to America and landed at Wilmington, 2^. C, in 1720. 
The place in North Carolina called Kenansville was 
named in honor of that family. 

Itrgtitia Srmuly of Ktmm 3f(nmxUj 

The first Kennan to come to America, (of whom I 
have any knowledge) was Richard Kennon (so spelled), 
who came over sometime prior to 1670, and located in 
Virginia, about five miles below Petersburg. He was 
a merchant and became a large landowner and planter. 
He married Elizabeth Warsham, a daughter of Wil- 
liam Warsham of Virginia. 



8 The Kennan Family. 

The family became prominent in Virginia. Capt. 
Richard Kennon, Jr., a son of the above, married Agnes 
Boiling, and they had a son Robert Kennon, who mar- 
ried Sarah Skipwith of royal descent. These last had 
a son Richard Kennon, who was a General in the Revo- 
lutionary War. Thomas Jefferson, while President of 
the United States, appointed him the first Governor of 
Louisiana. 

General Kennon married Elizabeth Beverly Mun- 
ford and they had a son Beverly Kennon who was a 
Commodore in the United States Navy and was killed 
by the explosion of a cannon on the frigate Princeton in 
1844; Secretaries Upshur and Gilmer of President 
Tyler's cabinet were killed at the same time. 

Commodore Beverly Kennon married first Eliza- 
beth Dandridge Claiborne. After she died, he married 
for his second wife Brittania Wellington Peter, of 
Georgetown, D. C. She is still living there in the fine 
old mansion in Tiidor Place. She is a great grand 
daughter of Martha Custis, wife of George Wash- 
ington. She has in her hall the old camp stool used by 
General Washington in the Army. She also preserves 
the wedding dress which Martha Custis wore when she 
was married to General Washington. When Britannia 
married Commodore Kennon, she wore the same dress. 
It is said that she has more of the silverware and bric- 
a-brac formerly owned by Martha Washington than any 
person living. Mrs. Kennon served as bridesmaid for 
Mrs. General Robert E. Lee, when she was married. 
In speaking of different Kennon families I have adop- 
ted their way of spelling the name. According to a 
tradition in their family, Richard Kennon was an 
English Gentleman and came from England to Amer- 



The Kennan Family. 9 

ica, but I think he was of Scotch descent. He 
went back to England six or eight times, probably to 
purchase goods and he was the agent of a Scotch firm in 
Glasgow which was doing business in America. He im- 
ported glazed brick and built a large brick house which 
is still standing. There is a place in Charles City Co. 
Va., called Kennon's. 

There was a Kennan family living in Loudon Coun- 
ty, Virginia, prior to the Eevolutionary War. They 
bad a daughter named Fannie Maitland Kennan, born 
on the 24th of July, 1773. In 1790 Fannie Maitland 
Kennan was married to Captain Thomas Marshall, of 
Fauquier County, Virginia, born Oct, 27, 1761. He 
was a brother of Judge Marshall of the Supreme Court 
of the United States. About two or three years after 
they were married Captain Marshall went down the 
Ohio River as far as Maysville, Ky., and located there 
or in that vicinity. Mrs Marshall had a brother Wil- 
liam Kennan, who was born in Virginia in 1775, who 
accompanied them on that journey and they all became 
prominent and influential citizens in Kentucky. 

A list of militia officers was recommended to the 
Governor of Virginia by the County Court of Loudon 
County for appointments from March 1778 to Dec. 
1782, and among others Thomas Kennan received a 
commission as captain. I think it very likely that he 
was the father of the above mentioned William and 
Fannie Maitland Kennan. 

For further account of William and Fanny Mait- 
land Kennan see Chapter VIII. 

There was a William Kennon, who was a prominent 
lawyer at Salisbury, North Carolina, who is said to 
have been one of the signers of the "Mecklenburg De- 



10 The Kennan Family. 

claration of Independence," of May 20th, 1775, which 
so-called "Declaration of Independence" caused so much 
discussion that it is not ended yet. And now after a 
lapse of one hundred and thirty two years a good sized 
book has just been published ably reviewing the whole 
subject as to whether there ever was such a "Declara- 
tion of Independence" adopted in North Carolina. I 
think said William Kennon w^ent from Virginia to 
Xorth Carolina and was a grandson of Richard Kennon 
above mentioned. 

There has been a family of Kennons living in East- 
ern Ohio, the past one hundred years. One of that 
family named William Kennon^ was born in Pennsyl- 
vania and emigrated from there to St. Clairsvillo, Ohio. 
He was elected to Congress from that State in 1829, 
and was re-elected many times. I was shown a letter 
written ten years ago by John Kennon, one of that 
family, wherein he says : "Our family was driven out 
of Scotland on account of their Protestant faith in the 
year 1641, and settled in the County of Antrim, in 
Ireland." 

"My grandfather had seven sons, viz: James, Wil- 
liam, Henry, Thomas, John and IN'ewell and one who 
died young. 

"Uncle John Kennon came to America in 1790, 
and landed at Philadelphia. He located in Pennsylva- 
nia and Avrote to my father that there was a territory 
lying west of the river called Ohio, that was said to be 
as rich as the valley of Egypt, and said, "come to Amer- 
ica and go along and we will settle there." They ac- 
cordingly emigrated to Ohio early in the eighteenth 
century. Judge William Kennon, Sr., when in Con- 
gress, had several conversations with Commodore Eever- 



The Kennan Family. 11 

Ij Kennou, before he was killed on the "Princetou" and 
they concluded that, although the names were spelled 
slig-htlj different, still the Kennans were all of the same 
stock." 

At the end of his letter he said, "I am very sure 
that Greorge Kennan, who gave the Emperor of Txussia 
so much trouble when traveling through that country, 
is a relative of ours." 



Nortliern Iranrtj of llie Kennan JFamily 

1. James Kennan (or MacKennan as he Avrote his 
name), appears to have been the American ancestor of 
the Northern branch of the Kennau family. Little is 
known of him, except that he married at Rutland, Mass., 
May 25, 1744, Margaret Smith, of the towm of Hol- 
den. The Kennans were all of Scotch descent, and 
were Protestants, and some of them, or perhaps most of 
them, were driven out of Scotland with thousands of 
others by religious persecution, and fled into the North 
of Ireland where many Scotch refugees located, mostly 
in the province of Ulster. This class of Scotch emi- 
grants filled up that province after it had been emptied 
of its half barbarous native inhabitants. They there 
founded Londonderry, which soon became famous as the 
home of Scotch Presbyterians. A century later more 
than three thousand of the descendants of those refugees 
emigrated to America. The first boat load landed at Bos- 
ton on the 4th of August, 1718. Many of them located 
in Worcester County and as that was about the time that 
the Smith family located in Rutland, it is quite proba- 
ble that they came to America at that time. They were 



12 The Kennan Family. 

probably of Scotch descent and Presbyterians. When 
their daughter Margaret Smith was married to the above 
mentioned James MacKennan the Kev. Joseph Bnck- 
minster, a Presbyterian minister performed the cere- 
mony. 

These emigrants were a hardy and industrious class 
of people, and did much to help build up the new coim- 
try of their adoption. 

After a careful investigation I have been unable to 
detemiine whether the above mentioned James Kennan 
(or ]\IacKennan) came directly from Scotland to Amer- 
ica or whether he came from Ireland to America. But 
while traveling in Scotland in 1903, I passed through 
Dumfries and learned that James Kennan had in the 
latter part of the sixteenth century, lived there and was 
a member of the Scotch Parliament from 1689 until the 
time of his death in 1696. I think it is quite possible 
that he may have been the grandfather of James 
Kennan, the American ancestor. 

There was a tradition in the family that two 
brothers came over to this country and that they wrote 
the name "MacKennan," and it was said that the de- 
scendants of one of them dropped the prefix "Mac"" 
while the descendants of the other one retained it. 
There was a William MacKennan who came to America 
from the north of Ireland, probably from the county 
of Antrim, some time prior to 1752. He was ordained 
as a Presbyterian minister on the 7th of December 
1755. He was installed as pastor of the Red Clay 
Creek church and preached there, and at Wilmington, 
Delaware, over fifty years. He lived to the advanced 
age of ninety years. He was much esteemed and hon- 
ored in the communitv and some of his descendants 



The Kennan Family. 13 

held honorable positions. One of his sons served in 
the Revolutionary war, and anotlier was a member of 
the cabinet of President Harrison. Hon. William 
MacKennan, a grandson of Rev. William MaeKennan, 
was a judge of the United States Court in Pennsyl- 
vania. 

As to whether the above named Rev. William Mac 
Kennan was the brother of the ancestor James Mac 
Kennan, first above mentioned, we have no satisfac- 
tory evidence. However that may be, the records show 
that at the time James MaeKennan married Margaret 
Smith, he was called James MaeKennan, but his child- 
ren (probably not considering the "Mac" as any part 
of the name) discontinued the use of the prefix and it 
has never since been used by the descendants of that 
branch of the Kennan family. But the descendants of 
the Rev. William MaeKennan have retained it.* 

James and Margaret Smith had four sons and four 
daughters, all of whom eventually married. Andrew 
and John, two of the sons, settled in Holden ; James 
and George in Rutland. They became prosperous far- 
mers and were highly respected and influential citizens. 
James Smith, 3rd, a grandson of James and Margaret 
Smith took part in the Revolutionary War and fought 
in the battle of Bunker Hill. In that battle he stood 
near the spot where Benjamin Reid was killed. Another 
grandson was Lieut. George Smith, who married in 
1752 Jane Maclewain of Leicester, England. Her 
parents, together with their four children, were ship- 
wrecked on the vovage to America and all were drow^ied 
except Jane, above mentioned and one of her sisters. 



♦The prefix "Mac" in names of Scotch origin signifiea 
'son, or son of," 



14 The Kennan Family. 

George Smith, bought, and settled on, a portion of 030 
acres in the County of Worcester, which had been 
granted to one Capt. Benj. Willard. They had born unto 
them the following named children : Isaac, Hugh, Mary, 
Agnes, George, Elizabeth, John and AndrcAv. These 
children married and settled in different surrounding 
towns. The Kennans and Smiths took an active part 
in achieving the independence of America. Several of 
the sons of each family served in the Revolutionary 
War. It is noticeable that many of their children bore 
Scotch, names, such as Hugh, Agnes and Andrew. The 
northwestern portion of the town of Rutland was almost 
entirely settled by that class of people. These early 
settlers were courageous and enterprising and possessed 
much of the spirit of the early pilgrims. Many of 
them had left pleasant homes and agi*eeable surround- 
ings to settle in a wilderness, exposed day and night, 
whether in hut or field, to the wily and cruel Indian, 
the lurking and ravenous bear and wolf. One of the 
inhabitants said in writing of it : "A howling wilderness 
it was, where noi man dwelt, the hideous yells of wolves, 
the hooting of owls, the gobbling of turkeys and the bark- 
ing of foxes was all the music we enjoyed ; no friends to 
visit, not a soul in the surrounding towns, all being a 
dreary waste and exposed to a thousand difficulties, no 
roads, mills, schools or sanctuary !" These difficulties and 
dangers, however, were soon overcome, for the hardy 
pioneers of that time were noted for their thrift and 
industry and it was not long before they had cleared 
their farms and made pleasant and comfortable homes 
for themselves. Their lands being of a strong, deep 
soil, the farmers were well repaid for their labor. In 
speaking of the people in that region long before the 



The Ken nan Family. 15 

Eevolutionary War, a well-known writer says, ''Morn- 
ing and evening- the domestic altar was surrounded, to 
unite in prayer and praise, for the blessings of the day, 
and the protection of the night, at the close of the week, 
preparation was made for the Sabbath. It was held 
sacred to public and private worship, and works of 
necessity and mercy. You might see not only on horse- 
back, but both males and females, for miles on foot, 
making their way to the Sanctuary." The Kennan and 
Smith families, and nearly all of the other settlers in 
that region, were either of the Presbyterian or Con- 
gregational faith and it was not long before they had 
built a house of worship and choosen a minister. The 
Presbyterians, were very conscientious in wishing to 
have their children dedicated in baptism at the first 
opportunity after their birth ; — some were so tenacious 
of having the ordinance administered by those of their 
particular tenets that, in spite of bad roads and other 
difficulties they carried their infants in their arms on 
liorsebaek as far as Pelham, to have the ordinance 
administered in Presbyterian form. 

At one of the first church meetings in Rutland 
they decided to call the Rev. Benjamin Willard to be 
their minister, but before he was ordained and installed 
he was killed by the Indians. A call was then extended 
to Rev. Mr. Frink and later in 1741 to Rev. Joseph 
Buckminster who afterwards officiated at the marriage 
of James MacKennan to Margaret Smith. 

Quoting again from the above writer he says : 

"Their morning and evening meals were of the 

variety of spoonfare from the rich, pure milk, to the 

wholesome bean-porridge, — on long days a luncheon ; at 

noon the long w'hite table was jilaced, the linen cloth 



16 The Kennan Family. 

epread, the wooden plates (as white as female hands 
could make them), set, — the large brown dish, well 
filled with pork or beef from the stall, fowl from the 
yard, game from the forest, or fish from the waters ; on 
baking days a platter of rich pork and beans and a deli- 
cious indian pudding. The father and mother at the 
head, the ruddy sons on one side and blooming daughters 
on the other, — after the blessing craved, they sat down 
and partook of a friendly, social, and hearty dinner ; — 
after thanks for the same, each to their employment." 

Their clothing was principally of home manufac- 
ture, of strong texture made from wool from the sheep, 
and flax from the earth; young men did not wear 
watches or leather boots, or carry silver headed canes. 
They dressed in plain apparel calculated for comfort 
and health more than for ornament. The food, dress 
and employment of the youth had a tendency to pro- 
mote vigor and strength. And another writing of those 
times said "Our young men were enured to the enjoy- 
ment of the farm, our young women to the loom and 
both united in milking the cows and pulling and stretch- 
ing the flax and most of them made good and indust- 
rious husbands and wives." 

"The long winter evenings were enjoyed by a blaz- 
ing fire and bright torch light in a way domestic, in 
reading tales, singing animating songs, eating fruit, etc. 
Our young men were courageous and athletic, our young 
women industrious, cheerful and healthy. From such 
was the independence of America achieved." 

The Kennans appear to have been people of rank 
in the old country, as they had a coat of arms and 
Crest. The picture on the title page shows the form, 
although not the coloring, of the Kennan Crest, as 



The Kennan Family, 



17 



published in "Fairbairns Crests of the families of 

Great Britain and Ireland." See plate No. 166 in 

Volume 2 Crest No. 9. Edition published in 1892.* 

James MeKennan resided many years on his farm 

in Rutland and raised a large family of children. Some 

of his direct descendants are still living in that vicinity. 

The children of James and Margaret (Smith) Mao 

Kennan were: 

John MacKennan, born April 7, 1745. 
Agnes MacKennan, born August 3, 1746. 
James MacKennan, born March 4, 1748. 
Jean MacKennan, born February 12, 1750. 
George MacKennan, born January 2, 1752. 
Andrew MacKennan, born April 20, 1754. 
Isaac MacKennan, bom December 6, 1757. 
Daniel MacKennan, born September 21, 
1759. 
10 — 9. Mary MacKennan, born February 12, 1761. 



2—1. 
3—2. 
4—3. 
5—4. 
6—5. 
7—6. 
8—7. 
9—8. 



♦The MacKennan Crest is the trunk of an oak tree shoot- 
ing out new branches. See Plate No. 145, Crest No. 2. in Fair- 
bairn's Crests. 



18 The Kennan Family. 



CHAPTER II. 



2. John Kennan, son of James and Margaret 
(Smith) MacKennan, was born at Rutland, on April 7, 
1745. He served as a private in the Revolutionary- 
War, in Lieut. Joseph Warren's company, which 
marched from Charlemont on April 21, 1775. He 
enlisted again on May 10', 1777, in Capt. Lawrence 
Kemp's company. The company was detached from 
Hampshire County militia for service under Col. David 
Wells in the TTorthem Department. 

4. James Kennan, son of James and Margaret 
(Smith) MacKennan was born on March 4, 1748, at 
Rutland, Mass. l^ot traced. 

6. George Kennan son of James and Margaret 
(Smith) MacKennan was born February 2, 1752, and 
married Abigail Sherman about 1772. He lived for 
many years at Charlemont and appears to have held a 
commission as lieutenant in the revolutionary war, 
probably in the state militia. The writer of this 
visited Charlemont on his way to New York in 1894, 
for the purpose of examining the town records and 
gaining some information in regard to the ancestors 
who had formerly lived there. An examination of the 
town records disclosed the fact that George Kennan had 
been quit© an active and prominent man in the town 



The Kennan Family. 19 

and had held many offices of public trust and in the 
records he was constantly referred to as ''Lieut. George 
Kennan." Some of the entries in the town records 
were as follows: "1782, Lieut. George Kennan chosen 
selectman. 1782, Lieut. George Kennan was chosen to 
apportion school money. 1783, Lieut. George Kennan 
was chosen selectman and assessor. 1785, Lieut. George 
Kennan, highway surveyor." He was a farmer and 
seems to have been a man of considerable means for 
that early day. He owned a large farm on Deerfield 
River near the village. In the office of the Register of 
deeds was found a number of conveyances of land to 
him and also from him, some of which were as follows : 

Margaret Kennan (widow) and Andrew Kennan, 
yeoman, convey, in consideration of 400 Pounds Ster- 
ling to George Kennan, Gentleman, 158 acres of land 
on the bank of Deerfield River, Charlemont. Deed 
dated Apr. 13, 1781. 

Isaac Kennan, Yeoman, in consideration of 50 
Pounds Sterling, conveys to George Kennan of Charle- 
mont, Gentleman, 50 acres of land on the bank of Deer- 
field River. 

George Kennan of Charlemont, Gentleman, in con- 
sideration of 200 Pounds Sterling conveyed to Jonathan 
Hastings land in Charlemont by a deed dated Feb. 14, 
1792. 

Oliver Avery, in consideration of 200 Pounds Ster- 
ling, conveys to George Kennan, of Charlemont, Gentle- 
man, lands situated on Deerfield River. Deed dated 
Feb. 25, 1793. 

George Kennan, of Charlemont, Gentleman, in con- 
sideration of 100 Pounds Sterling, conveys to Marga- 
ret Kennan, of Charlemont, certain lands therein de- 



20 The Ken nan Family. 

scribed and the deed recites that "said Margaret takes 
this for her third in a certain farm formerly owned by 
James Kennan, "my honored father" and Warren 
Booth. Deed dated April 5, 1785. It would appear 
from the above deed that James MacKennan had died 
prior to that date and that his widow was still living. 
There is also' a deed from George MacKennan of Wy- 
mans Grant, Hampshire County, Massachusetts Bay, to 
Charles Mathewson of 117 acres of land in Wymans 
Grant, etc., dated March 20, 1778. This was probably 
about the last time that George Kennan made use of the 
prefix "Mac" on his name, but his father seems to have 
continued to wi'ite his name "MacKennan" until his 
death. His children, however, dropped the "Mac." 
James MacKennan probably moved from Paxton to 
Charlemont several years before his death for it ap- 
pears by the record that he owned a farm on the Deer- 
field River with one Mr. Booth; and he was (with 
others) chosen on a committee of safety about the time 
of the revolution. 

In the town clerk's office the names and dates of 
birth of the children of George and Abigail Kennan are 

given as follows: 

11 — 1. Thomas Kennan, son of George and Abi- 

gail Kennan, born June 3, 1773. 

12 — 2. James Kennan, son of George and Abigail 

Kennan, born April 21, 1775. Not traced. 

13 — 3. George Kennan, son of George and Abi- 

gail Kennan, born at Charlemont, Mass., 
Feb. 9, 1777. No record of him. 

14 — 4. Betsy Kennan, daughter of George and 

Abigail Kennan, born at Charlemont, 
March 15, 1779. No record. 

15 — 5. Joseph Kennan, son of George and Abi- 

gail Kennan, born at Charlemont, April 
24, 1781. Died May 9, 1781. 




Mary (Tullar) Kennan 



The Kennan Family. 21 

16— C. Susan Kennan, daughter of George and 

Abigail Kennan, born at Charlemont, May 
4, 1782. Died May 21, 1782. 

17 — 7. Jairus Kennan, son of George and Agigail 

Kennan, born at Charlemont Oct. 30, 1783. 

Died at Burlington, Vt., about Jan. 17, 

1815. 
1S — S. Iilary Kennan, daughter of George and 

Abigail Kennan, born at Charlemont, 

Sept. 15, 1785. Died Sept. 21, 1785. 
19 — 9. Suel Kennan, son of George and Abigail 

Kennan, born at Charlemont, Aug. 17, 

1787. Not traced. 
20 — 10. Abigail Kennan, daughter of George and 

Abigail Kennan, born at Charlemont, Aug. 

16, 1789. 

About 1793 Lient. George Kennan removed with 
his family from Charlemont to Waterbury, Vt., and vras 
among the first settlers there. He built a mill there 
and probably received a commission as Colonel. At any 
rate, he was known there as C<3l. George Kennan, and 
became an active and prominent man in that vicinity 
and held many offices of trust and responsibility. He 
was elected to the Vermont Legislature in 1798-1805- 
1806-1808-1810. 

HeMENWAY^S VEKMO^^T HiSTOEICAL GAZETTEER, in 

speaking of the early settlers of Waterbury Vermont, 
says : 

"Among the early settlers we must not omit to 
notice the family of Col. George Kennan, whose name 
appeal"^ as one of the town officers a? early as 1794, 
when he served as moderator and selectman, and again 
in 1707 and 1804, and was justice of the peace many 



22 The Kenxax Family. 

years. His son, George, was constable in 1802, and 
selectman in 1809. 

"Thomas, another son, assisted in the organization 
of the first Congregational Chnrch as clerk of the meet- 
ing; afterwards became a minister of that denomina- 
tion. 

"Another son of this family was Jairus, who fell an 
early victim to his love of knowledge a few years after 
his graduation in 1804, as a member of the first class of 
the University of Vermont. At the semi-centennial 
anniversary of the University in 1854, the late Charles 
Adams, Esq., of Bnrlington, paid the following tribute 
to his memory, in response to the sentiment, "The First 
Graduating Class of 50 years ago :" "There were four 
of us who graduated fifty years ago. Three are present 
on this occasion. The joy of our meeting is chastened 
by the reflection that our other classmate, Jairus Ken- 
nan, is no more. He was feeble while in college, and 
having long struggled with disease, has gone, as we 
trust, to a higher and better world. Jairus Kennan was 
not an ordinary man. He loved knowledge, and nothing 
could repress his ardor in the pursuit. His intellectual 
powers were of a high order, and he cultivated them 
with untiring devotion. He was distinguished for 
warmth of feeling and kindness of manner, and had he 
lived, would have taken high rank as a philanthropist. 
Poor in purse and poorer in health, he was above 
adverse circumstances, and alone and unaided, pursued 
a quiet course of the highest development of mind and 
heart. He was a bright example of what energy and 
ambition may accomplish." 

Col. George Kennan died at Waterbury in 1830, 



The Kennan Family. 23 

aged 78 years. His wife had died very suddenly some 
years before. 

7. Andrew Kennan, son of James and Margaret 
(Smith) Kennan was bom at Rutland, April 20, 1754. 
He entered his intentions of marriage to Poggy Smith 
of Eutland, May 31, 1777, and was married January 
22, 1778. He served in the Revolutionary War. He 
marched from Charlemont in response to the alarm of 
April 19, 1775, and sensed a few days. He later en- 
listed again and was a corporal in Captain !Nahum 
Ward's company, Col. David Well's Regiment of 
Hampshire County. He owned a farm of 200 acres 
on the north side of Deerfield River and ten acres of 
land near the saw mill on the river. This he sold to 
Samuel Taylor, April 12, 1784. 

CHILDREN. 

21 — 1. James Kennan, born at Rutland, 1779. 
22 — 2. Elijah Kennan. 
23 — 3. Silas Kennan. 
24 — 4. Andrew Kennan. 
25 — 5. Ephraim Kennan. 
26 — 6. Lydia Kennan. 

27—7. Willard M. Kennan, lived at Fitchburg and 
died there in 1795. 

8. Isaac Kennan, son of James and Margaret 
(Smith) Kennan, was born at Rutland Dec. G, 1757. He 
receiv^ed a deed from his brother John of a piece of 
land, dated March 20, 1781. He enlisted in 1775, and 
served in the Revolutionary War in Capt. Nahum 
Ward's company, in Col. David Well's Regiment. He 
enlisted again later in Capt. Samuel Taylor's company 
in Col. Nicholas Dike's Regiment. Was honorably 
discharged at Dorchester Heights jSTov. 28, 1770. He 
married 



24 The Kennan Family. 

his childeen were. 

28 — 1. David Kennan. 

29 — 2. Erastus Kennan. 

30 — 3. John Kennan. 

31 — 4. Clara Kennan. 

32 — 5. James Kennan. 

9. Daniel Kennan, son of James and Margaret 

(Smith) Kennan, born at Rutland, September 21, 1759. 

Served in the Revolutionary War. He enlisted in 1775 

in Capt. Ward's company, in Col. Well's Regiment 

from Hampshire County. After that he enlisted again 

in Capt. James Walworth's company July 22d, 1779, 

in Col. Elisha Porter's Rej^iment. 




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Tfkc Kennan Family. 25 



CHAPTER III. 



11. Thomas Kennan, son of George and Abigail 
(Sherman) Kennan, was born at Cbarlemont, Mass., 
June 3, 1773. He married at Waterbury, Vermont, 
February 18, 1795, Sally Lathrop, bora in 1774. She 
died at Dekalb, Js^. Y., July 18, 1831. Thomas Kennan 
was grandfather of the writer of this sketch. He studied 
for the ministry with the Rev. Mr. Hovey, of Water- 
bury, Vermont, and occasionally supplied that gentle- 
man's pulpit. After being ordained he was called to 
preach at Stowe, Vt. After preaching there a while he 
moved to Moira, IST. Y. He preached there about nine 
years and then moved, in 1809, to Bangor, N. Y. After 
remaining there a few years he removed with his family 
to Dekalb, St Lawrence County, N. Y. His wife died 
there, on July 18, 1831, aged 56 years. Sometime 
after that he removed to Norwalk, O., and resided there 
until the time of his death, which occurred Jan. 26, 
1853. He was a Presbyterian minister. He was tall, 
erect and spare in figure and somewhat distinguished in 
appearance. After his son, Jairus Kennan was mar- 
ried the Rev. Thomas lived with him, and he died at his 
house. He o^vned ten acres of land just outside of Nor- 
walk, and after he stopped preaching he kept a horse 
and light wagon and was accustomed to drive to his 
place in fair weather and do a little work there. His 



26 The Kennan Family 

wife Sally Lathrop came of good stock. She was a de- 
scendant of the Rev. John Lathrop, who preacfted to the 
first free church organized in London, and abont 1630 
was imprisoned two- years for not preaching and con- 
forming to the doctrines of the English Church. She 
was also a "Mayflower Descendant" being in the direct 
line from Elder William Brewster, called "Chief of 
the Pilgrims" who landed at Plymouth Rock from the 
Mayflower, on December 21, A. D. 1620. 

William Brewster was born about 1560, a little more 
than a year after Queen Elizabeth came to the throne. 
The exact place of his nativity is somewhat uncertain, 
but I think it quite probable that he was born and 
raised in Scrooby, England. 

Rev. Mr. Steele in his life of Brewster says: 
"Among the old English families inhabiting the 
northeastern part of Suffolk County and a part of Nor- 
folk on the eastern coast of England, were the ancient 
BreAvster family and their connections located, ranking 
among the early English Landed Gentry. As early as 
1375, John Brewster was witness to a deed in the 
Parish of Henstead, in Suffolk County, and not long 
after in the reign of Richard the Second, a John Brew- 
ster was presented to the Rectory of Godwich in the 
County of Norfolk." In the list of gentry of Norfolk 
returned to Henry the Sixth was Galfridus Brewster. 
In the County of Suffolk Robert Brewster of Mutford 
possessed lands in Henstead, and William Brewster of 
Henstead and Robert Brewster of Rushmere, died, 
possessed of these estates prior to the year 1482. Some 
years later Humphrey Brewster purchased the Manor 
and Living of Wrentham not far distant, and in 1550, 
built Wrentham Hall where his descendants cnntlnued 



The Kennan Family. 27 

to reside until about 1810. In tliis vicinity many de- 
scendants of this branch of the family continued to re- 
side, and the name of William kept up for more than 
three hundred years. 

That the puritan William Brewster was of this con- 
nection seems most probable from the fact that a copy 
of the same Coai of Arms has been preserved from time 
immemorial in one branch of the Brewster family in 
this country." 

Mr. Brewster received a liberal education at the 
University of Cambridge. He was married to Mary 
Love probably about 1592. After leaving the Univer- 
sity he entered the service of Embassador Davison who 
belonged to the Queen's Cburt. He accompanied ^Ir. 
Davison on his missions to other countries which fur- 
nished him excellent opportunities for travel and study. 

He also remained in Mr. Davison's employ later, 
after Mr. Davison had been promoted to be a member 
of Queen Elizabeth's 0>urt as one of her Secretaries of 
State. And it is well known that her Court at that time 
was one of distinguished eminence. 

Mr. Brewster seems to have been Mr. Davison's con- 
fidential clerk or private Secretary. He had his office 
or headquarters with Mr. Davison wherever the royal 
residence of the Queen might be, as they had to attend 
constantly on the Sovereign : 

Each of her Secretaries was provided with apart- 
ments in all royal houses. The Secretary found Mr. 
Brewster so discreet and faithful that he trusted him 
above all others, and only employed him in matters of 
the greatest trust and secrecy. 

Mr. Brewster, at this time, was about twenty-six 
years of age. The trial and execution of the beautiful 



28 The Ken nan Family. 

but -unfortimate, Mary Queen of Scots, followed soon 
after. She was tried and sentenced to be beheaded, 
and unfortunately for Mr, Davison, it became his official 
duty to prepare the warrant for her execution and take 
it to the Queen for her signature, which he did, and 
after she had signed the warrant he retained it in his 
possession a while and then passed it to the officials 
whose duty it was to have the warrant executed, and the 
execution soon followed. 

After the Queen heard that the execution had taken 
place she was evidently afraid that public sentiment 
would condemn her for allowing Queen Mary to be be- 
headed, and to try to shield herpelf from blame, she 
endeavored to cast the blame on Mr. Davison and very 
unjustly had him committed to prison in the Tower of 
London. 

After Mr. Davison was put in prison Mr. Brewster 
returned to Scrooby* and continued to reside there in 
retirement for many years. He received the appoint- 
ment of Post of Scrooby on a small salary, which posi- 
tion he held under the Queen and her successor for 
many years. Here he lived in the large old manor 
house which had in former years been in the possession 
of the Archbishops of York. About 1606, an organiza- 
tion of religious people, Avho had separated themselves 
from the established church, was formed and Mr. Brew- 



*Scrooby is situated on the Great Northern Railroad and 
while traveling in England in 1903, I went there to see the 
place where our distinguished ancestor had spent many years 
of his life and to see the country where most of the pilgrims 
came from. Very little of the ancient abode of splendor re- 
mained to be seen. The old Manor house had long since dis- 
appeared and the site where it once stood, is only indicated 
by a group of tall sycamore trees growing there. 



The Kennan Family. 29 

ster united with them and became a leader among them. 
They were accustomed to hold their meetings at his 
house. They were called Separatists or Brownists. 

After King James came to the throne, they were 
made to feel the consequence of their separation. He 
said "I will make them conform or I will hariy them 
out of the kingdom, or else do worse." The persecu- 
tion which followed drove them out of the country and 
about 1607 they fled to Holland where they remained 
eleven years. They were not satisfied, however, to make 
that a permanent home and took measures to obtain a 
charter from the King of England allowing them to 
establish an English Colony in America. King James 
gave his consent and they immediately commenced mak- 
ing preparations to embark for the wilds of iVmerica. 
As it was deemed a very hazardous undertaking it was 
agreed among them that only a part of their people 
should go at first and make a beginning. About July 
21, 1620, a large company started under the leadership 
of Elder Brewster. They went first to England where 
they had chartered the Mayflower to take them to Amer- 
ica. The Speedwell was also expected to accompany 
them, but after they started she commenced to leak, was 
considered unseaworthy and turned back. After a tem- 
pestuous voyage of about nine weeks they landed at 
Plymouth Rock on Dec. 21, 1620. 

Here was made, by them, the first settlement in 
iSTew England. Elder Brewster was one of the signers 
of (and according to tradition, he drafted) the cele- 
brated "Compact" which has been called "the first 
written constitution of the World's history." Xever 
were any civilized people placed more completely in a 
state of nature than this little band of pilgrims. They 



cO The Kennan Family. 

had, indeed, literally a world before them, hut that 
world was a vast wilderness and providence was their 
only gTiide. ''This William Brewster," says an English 
writer, "was the most eminent person in the movement, 
and the one who, if that honor is to be given to any 
single person, must be regarded as the Father of New 
England." 

The reason why he was not chosen to be their first 
governor says Hutchison, was that "He was their ruling 
elder, which seems to have been the bar to his being 
their governor ; civil and ecclesiastical office in the same 
person being by them deemed incompatible." Little did 
they imagine that they were then and there laying the 
foundation of what was to be the most mighty nation 
on the face of the earth ; and that in connection there- 
with his name would be transmitted down the ages, as 
long as the Eiiglish language should be spoken among 
men. 

The following is a. picture of a National Monument 
Avhich was erected in the old town of Plymouth in 1889 
tO' perpetuate the memory of the Pilgrims who came 
over on the Mayflower, and it may interest the de- 
scendants of Elder Brewster to see a picture of it. The 
names of William Brewster and the others who came on 
the Mayflower are inscribed on the Monument. 

The monument is located on one of the highest hills 
of the town not far from the place where the Mayflower 
landed. As Elder William Brewster was considered 
chief among the pilgrims it is very gratifying to his 
descendants, to know that such a beautiful and lasting 
monument lias been erected to perpetuate the hallowed 
memory of that PilgTim band. 




'Nl 




National Monument Erected at rr.vMOT^Tif 



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The Kennan Family. 31 

When finished it was said to be the largest modern 
monolithic granite monument in the world. The central 
figure representing Faith is 36 feet high. The seated 
figures on the four sides represent Freedom, Educa- 
tion, Law and Morality. In the end of the buttress is 
a fine alto relievo, by Conrad, representing the depar- 
ture of the Pilgrims from Delft Haven. It was given 
by the State of Connecticut. 

Education on the south buttress, was the gift of 
Roland Mather, of Hartford, Ct)nn. This represents a 
seated female figure. A laurel wreath encircles her 
brow and her left hand supports an open book on which 
the right forefinger rests. 

On one side of her throne is a small group represent- 
ing "Youth Led by Experience", and on the other side 
is "Wisdom Ripe with Years." In the end of this butt- 
ress is a marble alto relievo, also the gift of Mr. Mather, 
which represents the scene in the cabin of the May- 
floAver when the compact was signed by the Pilgrims — 
that simple agreement on which is based the govern- 
ment of this country. 

Freedom is similar in size to the other statues, weigh- 
ing about eighteen tons. It is represented by a man of 
heroic build, seated with the left foot resting on a 
broken chain. On the right arm rests a short Roman 
sword, while a helmet covers his head. His face has a 
firm, set mouth, Roman nose and a slightly stern ex- 
pression. The lion's skin of Hercules rests on his mas- 
sive shoulders. The small statues on the side of his 
seat represent "Peace" and "Tyranny Overthrown by 
Freedom." The alto relievo panel is a fine piece of 
work. It represents the exploring party which came in 



32 The Ken nan Family. 

the shallop from Province town Dec. 21, 1620, reaching 
shore. 

The statute of Law is in a judge's robes. A volume 
is on the left knee. The forhead and brow somewhat re- 
semble those of Daniel Webster. It was given by the 
legal fraternity of the country. On one side of Law 
is a statue of Justice, and on the other Mercy. 

The subject of the fourth marble alto relievo is "The 
Treaty with Massassoit". The scene is laid in an un- 
occupied house, the roughly hewn logs forming the back- 
ground. In the centre is Massassoit, with the peace 
pipe in his hand. Squanto, the interpreter, is behind 
the table, and Governor Carver holds tlie important 
document in his hands, while John Alden sits at the 
table, near the inkhorn, and Miles Standish stands near 
by, one hand on his ready sword, and the alarm drum 
near by. 

The monument stands in the centre of a plateau, 
some 400 feet in diameter, with a strip of grass forty 
feet wide around it, and a driveway fifty feet wide 
and two fifths of a mile long compassing the structure. 

A brief summary of the line of descent of Sally 
Lathrop from Elder Brewster is as follows: 

William Brewster married Mary Love probably in 
1592, and they had a son, 

Jonathan Brewster, who married Lucretia Oldham, 
and the}' had a daughter named 

Grace Brewster, who married Oapt. Daniel Wethe- 
rell. They had a daughter named 

Mary Wetherell, who married (1) Thomas Harris, 
who died at Barbadoes and his widow, Mary (Wether- 
ell) Harris, married for her second husband George 
Denison. They had a daughter named 



The Kennan Family. 33 

Phoebe Denison, who married Gibson Harris of 
!N"orwich, Conn., a son of Samuel Harris and they had 
a son named 

George Harris who married Sarah Hubbard, a 
daughter of Isaac Hubbard. They liad a daughter 
named 

Sarah Hubbard Harris, who married Denison Lath- 
rop and they had a daughter named Sally Lathrop who 
married Rev. Thomas Kennan. 

THEIR CHILDREN WERE. 

33 — 1. George Kennan, son of Rev. Thomas and 

Sally (Lathrop) Kennan, born at Water- 
bury, Vt., Oct. 8, 1795. 
34 — t. Abigail Kennan, daughter of Rev. Thomas 

and Sally (Lathrop) Kennan, born May 

6, 1797. Died Feb. 2, 1865. 
35 — 3. Clarissa Kennan, daughter of Rev. Thomas 

and Sally (Lathrop) Kennan, born March 

1, 1801. Died March 18, 1831. 
36 — 4. John Kennan, son of Rev. Thomas and 

Sally (Lathrop) Kennan, born March 7, 

1803. 
37 — 5. Philena Kennan, daughter of Rev. Thomas 

and Sally (Lathrop) Kennan, born March 

21, 1805. 
38 — 6. Sarah H. Kennan, daughter of Rev. Thomas 

and Sally (Lathrop) Kennan, born May 16, 

1808. 
39 — 7. Sophronia Kennan, daughter of Rev. 

Thomas and Sally (Lathrop) Kennan, born 

July 18, 1811. 
40 — 8. Jairus Kennan, son of Rev. Ihomas and 

Sally (Lathrop) Kennan, born at Moira, 

N. Y., April 22, 1813. 

Namra nf JJrrBuus in thp forrgntng Pirturp 

1. The gentleman standing at your left hand is 
John Kennan. 

2. The Indy standing at the left hand of John Ken- 
nan is his wife Mary Ann (Morse) Kennan. 



34 The Kennan Family. 

3. The gentleman standing in the middle is !N'ath- 
an Rnndell. 

4. The lady sitting in the middle directly in front 
of him is his wife Sarah (Kennan) Rundell. 

5. The gentleman standing at your right is Jairus 
Kennan. 

6. The lady standing at his right hand is his wife 
-Charlotte (Gardiner) Kennan. 

7. The gentleman sitting at you left is Ira Will- 
iams. 

8. The lady sitting at his left is his wife Sophronia 
(Kennan) Williams. 

9. The gentleman sitting at your right is Jonathan 
Barker. 

10. The lady sitting at his right is his wife Phi- 
lena (Kennan) Barker. 



21. James Kennan, a son of Andrew and Peggy 
(Smith) Kennan, was bom at Rutland, Mass., in 1779. 
Not traced. 

22. Elijah Kennan (1st), a son of Andrew and 
Peggy Kennan, was born at Rutland, Oct 3, 1796. He 
married Sally Whitcomb, May 20, 1819. She was a 
daughter of John and Persis Whitcomb and was born 
March 21, 1797. Elijah Kennan died on April 10, 
1827, and his widow was appointed administratrix 
May 4, 1827. 

THEIR CHILDREN WERE. 

41—1. Justus G. Kennan, born Aug. 21, 1820. 
42—2. John W. Kennan, born Aug. 12, 1821. 
43—3. Edwin Persis Kennan, born Aug. 21, 1823. 
Died Oct. 12, 1823. 



The Kennan Family. 36 

44 — 4. Persis A. Kennan, born Aug. 22, 1824. 

Died July 1, 1903. 
45—5. Elijah B. Kennan, born Oct. 24, 1826. Died 

Nov. 16, 1826. 

23. Silas Kennan, son of Andrew and Peggy Ken- 
nan, born at Rutland, in 1820. Married Marion H. 

Died leaving a widow and one son Andrew C. Kennan, 
living at North Leominister. 

24. Andrew Kennan (2nd), a son of Andrew and 

Peggy Kennan, born . Married Ruth Parmenter.. 

He died in 1865 and she died in 1876. 

THEIR CHILDREN WERE. 

46 — 1. James Smith Kennan, born March 31, 1815. 
47 — 2. Caroline Kennan, bom March 14, 1818. 
48—3. Silas F. Kennan, bom Feb. 22, 1820. 
49—4. Ruth Kennan, born Oct. 25, 1823. 
50 — 5. Warren J. Kennan, born Jan. 27, 1825. 
51—6. Elijah Locke Kennan, born Dec. 22, 1828. 
52 — 7. Sarah P. Kennan, born Jan. 29, 1831. Lives 

in Maiden. 
53 — 8. Susan R. Kennan, born April 27, 1834. 

Married J. C. Cutting and lived in South- 

ington, Ct. 
54 — 9. Betsy J. Kennan, born June 6, 1836. Died. 

25. Ephraim Kennan, son of Andrew and Peggy 
Kennan. Married Thankful! Ball, March 8, 1817. 
Lived in Holden, Mass., and owned land there. 

27. William M. Kennan, son of Andrew and 
Peggy Kennan. Lived in Fitchburg. Died in 1795. 

28. David Kennan, eldest son of Isaac Kennan. 
Lived in Burlington, Vt., and was a farmer. His 
buildings were burned in 1812 by the British. 

29. Eirastus Kennan, son of Isaac Kennan, bora at 
Burlington, Vt. Married Sylvia Stearns. Lived in 
Burlington, Vt. 



36 The Kennan Family, '' 

their children- were, 

55 — 1. Orson Kennan. 

56—2. Eli Kennan. 

57 — 3. Cassius Kennan. 

58 — 4. Lucius Kennan. 

59 — 5. Irwin Kennan, of Conneaut, O. 

60 — 6. Roxy Kennan. 

61 — 7. Caroline Kennan, married a Mr. Dodge. 

62 — 8. Jared E. Kennan. 

63 — 9. James C, Kennan, Conneaut, O. 

31, John Kennan, son of Isaac Kennan, bom in 
Burlington, Vt., later lived at Randolph, iST. Y. He 
had one son named Curtis and a daughter, now deceased, 
who married a Mr. Finn and lived at Falconer, N. Y. 

32. Clara Kennan, daughter of Isaac Kennan, 
married Xathan Harvey and lived at Hudson, Ohio. 




Georck Kionnan 



The Kennan Family. 37 



CHAPTER IV. 



33. George Kennan son of Rev. Thomas and Sally 
(Lathrop) Kennan, was born at Waterbury, Vermont,, 
October 18, 1795. He married Feb. 20, 1817, llary 
Tnllar, eldest daughter of Captain Chester and Endotia 
(Cooke) Tnllar, at Bangor, i^. Y. The marriage cere- 
mony was performed by his father, Rev. Thomas Ken- 
nan, who was at that time preaching in Bangor. George 
Kennan remained in Bangor imtil abont 1724 when he 
removed with his familv, then consistins; of his wife 
and four small children, to Morristown, St. Lawrence 
County, N. Y. He bought land and located in the 
wilderness about two miles from the St. Lawrence 
River. He built a house and barn and immediately 
commenced to clear up a farm and make a home for 
himself and family. He was blessed with unusual phy- 
sical strength and endurance, qualities which stood him 
in good stead in those pioneer days. He continued to 
live there until about 1836, when he moved to lope's 
Mills in the Town of Macomb in the same County. 
There he operated a saw mill for a few years and then 
purchased a farm and engaged in farming. In 1 850 ho 
sold out and moved to Wisconsin and located at Mon- 
asha. In 1866, his wife died and after remaining in 
Menasha a few years he came to Portage and lived with 
me. He died there after a short illness on the 25th day 



38 The Kennan Family. 

of February 1876. He wo.s buried by the side of his 
wife in the cemetery at Neenah. 

He was a member of the Baptist Church, and a man 
of remarkable probity and uprightness of character. 

64. Mary (Tullar) Kennan, wife of George Ken- 
nan, was born at St. Albans, Vermont, on the 8th day of 
June,. 1801. She was the eldest daughter of Captain 
Chester and Eudotia (Cooke) Tullar. She died at 
Menasha, Wisconsin, on the 1st day of September, 
1866, and was buried in the Cemetery at ^N'eenah, Wis- 
consin. Her death was mourned by her husband and 
ten grown up children. She was a woman of deep 
religious convictions, and an earnest member of the 
Baptist Church. For her genealogy see Chapter V. 

The children of George and Mary (Tullar) Kennan 

were: 

85 — 1. Melissa Victorine Kennan, bom at Ban- 
gor, N. Y., Jan. 4, 1818. Died at Green 
Bay, June 25, 1903. 

66 — 2. Albert Watts Kennan, born at Bangor, 

May 28, 1820. Died at Morristown, N. Y., 
Aug. 26. 1826. 

67— 3. Charlotte Louisa Kennan, born at Eangor, 

N. Y., Sept. 18, 1821. Died at Antigo, 
Wis., Dec. S, 1896. 

68 — 4. Jane Angeline Kennan, born at Bangor, 

April 16, 1823, and died at the Town of 
Hutchins, Shawano County, Wis., May 20, 
1895. 

69 — 5. Thomas Lathrop Kennan, born in Morris- 

town, St. Lawrence County, N. Y., Feb. 
22, 1827. 

70 — 6. Mary Eveline Kennan, born in Morris- 

town, Jan. 16, 1829. 

71 — 7. Sarah Eudotia Kennan, born at Morris- 

town, Dec. G, 1830. Died at Antigo, Jan. 
25. 1895. 



The Kennan Family, 39 

72 — 8. George Kennan, Jr., born at Morristown, 

N. Y„ Nov. 3, 1832. 

73 — 9. Sidney Tullar Kennan, born at Macomb,, 

Dec. 25, 1837. 

74 — 10. Benjamin Harrison Kennan, born at Ma- 
comb, N. Y., April 25, 1840. Died at Nee- 
nah. Wis., June 6, 1867. 

75 — 11. Helen Salina Burt Kennan, born at Ma- 
comb, Feb. 2, 1846. 

34. Abigail Kennan, daughter of Rev. Thomas 
and Sally (Lathrop) Kennan, was born at Waterbury, 
Vermont, May 6, 1797. Died at Moira,. Franklin 
County, K Y., February 2, 1865. She married 
Abiram Lawrence in 1814. He was a farmer and lived 
in Moira. He was born at Weybridge, Vt., Aug. 21, 
1791. Died at Moira, N. Y., Feb. 10, 1864. 

CHiLDKEiSr: (all born at moira). 

76 — 1. Lucy A. Lawrence, born at Moira, March 

3, 1815. Married May 3, 1833, to . 

Died Jan. 7, 1843. 

77 — 2. Marietta Lawrence, bom Oct. 8, 1817. 

Died May 5, 1847. 

78 — 3. Lucien H. Lawrence, born Nov. 20, 1819. 

79— 4. Sally A. Lawrence, bom Oct. 9, 1820. 

80 — 5. Thomas K. Lawrence, born March 27^ 

1822. Died 1899. 

81 — 6. Jonathan C. Lawrence, born June 3, 1822. 

82 — 7. Lydia Philena Lawrence, born Sept. 16, 

1825. Died Jan. 9, 1885. 

83 — 8. Betsy Lawrence, born July 15, 1827. Died 

June 24, 1858. 

84 — 9. Darius A. Lawrence, bom May 12, 1829. 
85 — 10. Abby Desire Lawrence, born Dec. 20,. 

1830. Died April 25, 1903. 
86 — 11. Sophronia I>awrence, born Oct. 10, 1836. 
Died May, 1901. 

35. Clarissa Kennan, daughter of Rev. Thomas 
and Sally Kennan, was born at Waterbiiry, Vt. March 
1, 1801. Died March 18, 1831, at East De Kalb, N. 



40 The Kennan Family, 

Y. She was married March 30, 1825, at East DeKalb 
to James Burnett, bom Sept. 16, 1782, at Hampton, 
Conn. He died March 29, 1860, at Ann Arbor, Mich, 
fihe was a member of the Presbyterian Church. 

CHILDKEN. 

87—1. Chloe K. Burnett, born March 12, 1831. 

Married David Hill of Gouverneur, N. Y., 

and had — 
88—1. Mary Eloise Hill, born June 1, 1862. 
89—2. Henry Burnett Hill, born Sept. 22, 1863. 

Died Maj' 13, 1899. 
90—3. Fred Spencer Hill, born June 13, 1868. 

Married Helen E. Graves, June 21, 1890. 

36. John Kennan, son of Eev. Thomas and Sally 
(Lathrop) Kennan, was born at Waterbury, Vermont, 
March 7, 1803. Married Mary Ann Morse, April 
12, 1829. He died at Montclair, K J., on March 24, 
1896. 

The Montclair Herold in an obituary notice said of 
him: 

"John Kennan, an aged resident of Montclair, and 
father of George Kennan, the noted Siberian traveler, 
lecturer and magazine writer, died Tues«kiy at the resi- 
dence of his daughter, Mrs. E. D. Moore. Deceased 
was 93 years of age. 

John Kennan was a son of the Rev. Thomas Ken- 
nan, a well-known Presbyterian clergyman, and was 
born at Waterbury, Vt., 1803. When quite young his 
father moved to St. Lawrence County, N. Y., where he 
lived for several years. He was most carefully edu- 
cated both at home and at Potsdam Academy, and was 
afterwards graduated with honor from Hamilton Col- 
lege, N. Y., in the year 1825. 

He then engaged in teaching, which profession he 



The Kennan Family. 41 

followed with marked success, both at Herkimer and 
Little Falls, A^. Y. In October, 1828, he went to Ohio 
to take charge of the Norwalk Academy, at the earnest 
solicitation of many prominent people of the Western 
Reserve. At the end of two or three years, however, 
Mr. Kennan (not satisfied with this limited field), 
studied law, practiced for several years, and afterwards 
filled successfully the offices of Justice of the Peace, 
Deputy County Auditor and Treasurer of Huron 
County. In 1840 he was elected County Auditor, 
which office he filled for three successive years. At 
that time the county embraced both Huron and Erie 
Counties, IS'orwalk being the county seat. 

He retired from business several years ago, and for 
some time has been living in Montclair. Here, crowned 
with years and with the consciousness of a well-spent 
life, he passed away, leaving an aged wife, the faithful 
companion of 66 years, and five children, who prize 
above all their earthly possessions this inheritance of 
sterling character, unflinching in its integrity and un- 
faltering in the performance of eveiy duty." 

Mary Ann Morse, wife of John Kennan, was born 
in Cattaraugus County, New York, Jan. 23, 1811, 
and died at the residence of her daugliter in Montclair, 
N". J,, Feb. 14, 1898. She was a daughter of Zebediah 
and Clarissa J. Morse, and was related to Samuel F. 
B. Morse, the inventor of the telegraph. While she 
was quite young her parents moved to Northern 
Ohio and settled near what is now the city of Nor- 
walk. She spent the greater part of her life in Nor- 
walk and always looked upon that city as her home 
and it was there that she was buried. She was a de- 



42 The Kennan Family. 

voted wife and mother, and highly respected and much 
beloved by all who knew her. 

The children of John and Mary Ann Kennan were : 
91 — 1. Mary Jane Kennan, born March 7, 1830 

Died Aug. 22, 1906. 
92—2. John M. Kennan, born Nov. 24, 1832. 
93—3. Ellen Kennan, born Dec. 10, 1835. 
94 — 4. Sarah Kennan, born April 7, 1841. Died 

July 27, 1841. 
95 — 5. George Kennan, born Feb. 16, 1845. 
96 — 6. Harriet L. Kennan, bora at Buffalo, Jan. 
21, 1849. 

37. Philena Kennan, daughter of Rev. Thomas 
and Sally (Lathrop) Kennan, was born at Waterbury, 
Vt., March 21, 1805. Married Jonathan Barker, 
Nov. 17, 1825, at De Kalb. He was born April 19, 
1800. Died Aug. 4, 1885. She came to De Kalb with 
her father in 1819. Afterwards attended the Academy 
at Potsdam. At the age of sixteen she taught school 
in Gouverneur. Her husband bought land at what is 
now called Eichville Station, N. Y., and cleared up an 
extensive farm upon which they resided the balance of 
their lives. She died Feb. 25, 1879. 

In June 1828, when the Congregational church was 
organized there, she, with her husband, united and 
became active members. From that time to the end of 
their long and useful lives they were distinguished for 
their exemplary piety and devotion to the church. 

CHILDREN. 

97 — 1. Cordelia K. Barker, daughter of Jonathan 
and Philena (Kennan) Barker, bora Oct. 
10, 1827. 

98 — 2. Jairus Barker, son of Jonathan and Phil- 
ena (Kennan) Barker, born in 1830. Died 
Oct. 8, 1847, at Richville. 



The Kennan Family. 43 

99 — 3. Calvin Barker, son of Jonathan and Phll- 
ena (Kennan) Barker, born at Richville, 
Aug. 4, 1832. Died Sept. 29, 1880. Married 
Sept. 25, 1855, Amelia Melissa Burnette. 
who was born Aug. 4, 1832. She was a 
member of the Baptist church. Died Sept. 
18, 1907. 

CHILDREN. 

100 — 1. Nellie Kennan Barker, bom Aug. 17, 1858. 

101—2. Hattie Barker, born Aug. 23. 1860. 

102 — 3. Clinton Burnette Barker, born Sept. 19. 

1866. 
103 — 4. Charlotte Clough Barker, born Aug. 10. 

1870. 
104 — 5. M. V. Beatrice Barker, born Feb. 2, 1877. 

Clinton B. Barker, born Sept, 19, 1866, at Rich- 

ville,, N. Y. Married Oct. 3, 1888, Esther Adelaide 

Bliss, born Jan. 27, 1868, daughter of Amos and Emma 

M. (Weeks) Bliss. 

CHILDEEN. 

105 — 1. Emma A. Barker, born June 22, 1889. 
106—2. Roy W. Barker, born Aug. 12, 1890. 
107 — 3. Esther Kennan Barker, born Oct. 19, 1891. 
108—4. Lloyd L. B. Barker, born May 29, 1896. 

Died Oct, 5, 1897. 
109—5. Calvin Burnette Barker, born June 10, 1900. 
110 — 6. Amos Bliss Barker, born Jan. 31, 1904. 
Ill — 7. Eleanor Adelaide Barker, born July 7. 

1905. Died July 24, 1905. 

38. Sarah H. Kennan, daughter of Rev. Thomas 
and Sally (Lathrop) Kennan, was born May 18, 
1808. Died at De Kalb April 28, 1878. She married 
Kathan Rundell Aug. 29, 1823. He was born in Salis- 
bury, Herkimer County, K Y., Oct. 3, 1809, and died 
at East De Kalb July 2, 1890. He was a prosperouA 
farmer. 



44 The Kennan Family. 

children. 

112—1. John Milton Rundell, born June 7, 1837. 
113—2. Amos Rundell, born June 25, 1839. Died 

March 28, 1842. 
114—3. Elizabeth M. Rundell, born Nov. 23, 1840, 

at De Kalb. 

She married Tliomas Thornhill, Jr., Feb. 20, 1894. 
He was a son of Thomas and Sarah Thornhill and was 
born Dec. 26, 1834. He is a farmer at East De Kalb. 

39. Sophronia Kennan, daughter of Rev. Thomas 
and Sally (Lathrop) Kennan, was born July 18, 1811. 
Died at Dekalb, Mar. 7, 1871. She married Aug. 
20, 1833. Ira Williams, born in 1810 at De Kalb. He 
was a farmer. His wife was a member of the Con- 
gregational Church. 

CHILDREN. 

115—1. Sarah Williams, born in De Kalb, in 1835. 

Married Manton Spencer. 
116 — 2. Mary C. Williams, born in March, 1837. 

Died May 31, 1839. 
117—3. Maria Williams, born in 1839. Died May 

25. 1862. 
118 — 4. Jairus Williams, born 1841. Died Nov. 17, 

1902. Married Martha Kellogg March 2, 

1865. 
119—5. Henry Williams, born . Died Feb. 2G, 

1879. Married Martha H. Hillegas in 1874. 
120 — 6. Thomas Williams, born in 1847. Died Aug. 

3, 1862. 
121 — 7. Lucy Williams, born in 1849. Died Nov. 

8, 1898, at Heuvelton. Married Thomas R. 

Flight, Nov. 10, 1889, at Pottsdam, N. Y. 

He was born March 17, 1857, at Heuvelton. 

They had one child, Pearl Flight, born Dec. 

27, 1890. 

40. Jairus Kennan, son of Rev. Thomas and Sally 
(Lathrop) Kennan, was born at Moira, Franklin Coun- 
ty, N. Y., April 22, 1813. Died at Norwalk, Ohio, 



The Kennan Family. 45 

June 16, 1872. Married Charlotte Elizabeth Gardiner, 
Oct. 3, 1837. She was born in Connecticut Feb. 20, 
1814, and died Maj 13, 1888, at Springfield, Ohio. 
Jairus Kennan, received his education in the common 
schools and at Potsdam. Academy, St. Lawrence 
County, N. Y. His father moved to Norwalk and 
there his son studied law in the office of Cortland Lati- 
mer, Esq., and was admitted to the Bar and at once 
entered upon the practice of his profession in Norwalk 
and continued to practice until sickness and death ter- 
minated his earthly career. He was elected and served 
one term as Mayor of the city. 'No man stood higher 
as an example of strict honesty and integrity, and he 
was one of the pillars of the Presbyterian church, and 
was an elder in the church and leader of the choir nearly 
all of his adult life. In his death Norwalk lost one of 
its best and most respected citizens. His wife was a 
sister of the Hon. John Gardiner, a wealthy banker of 
Norwalk. The Gardner family were from Connecti- 
cut. 

CHILDEEK. (all BORTST IN NORWALK, O.) 

122 — 1. Charlotte Gardiner Kennan, born April 21, 

1839. Died at Norwalk, April 28, 1907. 
123 — 2. Julia Alice Kennan, born July 21, 1841. 
124 — 3. Thomas William Kennan, born Oct. 15, 

1843. 
125 — 4. Jairus Kennan, Jr., bom Oct. 17, 1845. 

Died March 11, 1850. 
126 — 5. Cortland Latimer Kennan, born Dec. 9. 

1847. 
127 — 6. Jairus Raymond Kennan, born July 17, 

1850. 
128 — 7. Henry Lawrence Kellogg Kennan, born 

April 11, 1852. 
129 — 8. Asa Brainard Kennan, born Aug. 1, 1853. 
130 — 9. John Gardiner Kennan, born Oct. 8, 1857. 



46 The Ken nan Family. 

46. James Smith Kennan, son of Andrew and 
Rutt (Parmenter) Kennan, was born March 31, 1815. 
Married Eimice A Lived at Leominister. 

CHILDREN. 

131 — 1. Myron James Kennan. 
132 — 2. Henry A. Kennan. 
133—3. Eliza Kennan. 

48. Silas F. Kennan, son of Andrew and Ruth 
(Parmenter) Kennan, born Feb. 23, 1820. Died in 
March, 1894. Left one son, A. O. Kennan, living at 
North Leominister. 

50. Warren J. Kennan, son of Andrew and Ruth 
(Parmenter) Kennan, bom Jan. 27, 1825. Died at his 
home in Boston. His children lived in Maiden. 

51. Elijah Locke Kennan, son of Andrew and 
Ruth (Parmenter) Kennan, born Dec. 22, 1828, at 
Holden. Married Mary E. Darling of Princeton, 
Mass., Aug. 13, 1850, daughter of Elijah and Mary 
(Cheever) Darling. He lived at Worcester and kept a 
hotel there. He died May 1, 1887. His wife was 
born March 16, 1829, and died July 4, 1887. 

CHILDREN. 

134 — 1. Ella Annette Kennan, born at Holden, Jan. 

5, 1853. 
135 — 2. Clarence A. Kennan, born at Holden, Oct. 

23, 1855. Married Ida Goldenberg, May 5, 

1897. 
136—3. Addie B. Kennan, born at Holden, July 22, 

1857. She married Charles H. Hildreth, 

Nov. 28. 1888. 
137 — 4. Charles F. Kennan, born at Holden, Jan. 

22, 1861. He married Edna Jordan, July 

25, 1888. 

53. Susan R. Kennan, daughter of Andrew and 



The Kennan Family. 47 

Ruth (Parmenter) Kennan, born April 27, 1834. 
Married Joel C. Cutting and lived at Southington, Ct. 

CHILDREN. 

138—1. Alvin H. Cutting, born June 14, 1851. Mar- 
ried Malvina Clarli. 
139—2. Warren J. Cutting, born Nov. 14, 1855. 

Died Sept. 1, 1890. 
140—3. Almond J. Cutting, born Sept. 21, 1856. 

Married Lizzie J. Bollow. 
141—4. Orren Ellas Cutting, born April 15, 1860. 

Died Dec, 1863. 
142—5. Susan R. Cutting, bom Aug. 14, 1869. Died 

July 9, 1886. 
143—6. Estella J. Cutting, born June 17, 1876. 

Married John H. Callahan. 
144 — 7. Andrew E. Cutting, born May 17, 1878. 

Married Anna Miller. 

41. Justus G. Kennan, son of Elijah and Sallv 

(Whitcomb) Kennan, born Aug. 21, 1820. Died in 

June, 1898, in California. Had one child. 

Arthur Willard Kennan, born Aug. 16, 1854. 

42. John W. Kennan, son of Elijah and Sally 
(Whitcomb) Kennan, bom Aug. 12, 1821, at West 
Boylston. Died Dec. 26, 1899, at Brookline, Mass. 
Married Mary Keene April 11, 1849. She was bom 
Dec. 12, 1823, and died Aug. 3, 1891. He was a mer- 
chant in Boston. 

CHILDREN. 

145 — 1. Josephine S. Kennan, born at Boston, June 

20, 1850. 
146 — 2. Annie Bates Kennan, born April 26, 1856. 

Died Sept. 6, 1859. 
147 — 3. Mary Whitcomb Kennan, born at East 

Bridgewater, March 27, 1861. Married 

Ralph H. Damon, June 3, 1884. Lives in 

Concord, Mass. 



48 The Kennan Family. 

children. 

148 — 1. Kennan Damon, born May 27, 1885. 

149— 2. Margaret C. Damon, born Aug. 6, 1886. 

150— 3. Edwaru F. Damon, born Sept. 25, 1887. 

151 — 4. Pbilip Whitcomb Kennan Damon, born 

Dec. 27, 1888. 

152 — 5. Anne Damon, born March 5, 1890. Died 

Aug. 7, 1890. 

153— 6. Winslow J. Damon, born Sept. 6, 1892. 

154— 7. Mary Keene Damon, born Oct. 27, 1893. 

155— 8. Ruth Alden Damon, born Nov. 9, 1894. 

156 — 9. Rachel Kennan Damon, born Dec. 3, 1895. 
157—10. John Kennan Damon, born Feb. 17, 1898. 

Died May 16, 19o6. 
158 — 11. Esther Kennan Damon, born Feb. 26, 

1900. Died Feb. 24, 1906. 
159 — 12. Elizabeth Kennan Damon, born Feb. 24, 

1902. Died , 1906. 

Willard M. Kennan, born March 19, 1821. 
Died Jan. 16, 1895, at Fitchburg, Mass. Married Mary 
L. Coburn, born April 30, 1826, daughter of John and 
Louisa (Wright) Coburn. He was an Odd Fellow and 
she belonged to the congregational church. 

59. Jared Erwin Kennan, son of Erastus and 
Sylvia Kennan, was born May 14, 1832, at C'onneaut, 
O. Married March 12, 1857, at Cleveland, 0. Emma 
A. Thomas, born Feb. 19, 1833, at Bangor, N. Y. 
Died April 29, 1903. She was a daughter of Joshua 
and Sophia (Kingsbury) Thomas. He was for many 
years a Captain of sailing and steam vessels on the 
Great Lakes. 

CHILDEEN. 

160 — 1. Cassius H. Kennan, born June 2, 1858. 
Married Nellie Armstrong, July 22, 1879. 

161—2. Dwight O. Kennan, born Feb. 22, 1860. 
Married Eveline Mosher in 1894. 

162 — 3. Alvira N. Kennan, born Nov. 5, 1862. Mar- 
ried Charles D. Wheelock, July 2, 1894. 



The Kennan Family. 49 

163—4. Gertrude E. Kennan, born March 7, 1S69. 

Married S. Monk, June 12, 1895. 
164 — 5. Thomas E. Kennan, born Oct. 9, 1874. 

Married Glorien Swaney, Dec. 20, . 

01. Caroline Kennan daughter of Erastus and 
Sylvia (Stearns) Kennan, married a Mr. Dodge and 
lived at Mullet Lake, Mich. 

63. James C, Kennan, son of Erastus and Sylvia 
Kennan, born ISTo. 3, 1833, at Conneaut, O. Died 
March 7, 1903. He was married Jan. 1, 1856, to 
Hannah E. Loorais, daughter of Charles and Laura 
(Sylvia) Loomis. She was born Aug. 10, 1841, and 
died jSTov. 16, 1904. He was a sailor and ship car- 
penter. 

CHILDEEN. 

165—1. Alice Arville Kennan, bom Nov. 25, 1861. 

Married Fred Slocum, Sept. 23, 1886. 
166—2. Fannie E. Kennan, born Sept. 25, 1864. 
167 — 3. James Henry Kennan, born July 15, 1872. 

Married Emma Reink, Nov. 24, 1898. 
168— i. Frankie Kennan, born Dec. 23, 1873. 
169 — 5. Mary Laura Kennan, born Dec. 16, 1875. 
170— G. Lottie Algina Kennan, born Nov. 14, 1877. 

Married William Myers, Dec. 7, 1898. 
171—7. Brwin Kennan, born Sept. 19, 1880. 

132. Henry A. Kennan, son of James Smith Ken- 
nan, born at Worcester, Mass., Nov. 13, 1850. Married 
June 8, 1872, Eunice A. White, bom Aug. 31st, 1853, 
daughter of Henry and Sarah L. (Hopgood) White. 
He is a member of the cong-regational church and has 
held several town offices. 

CHILDREN. 

172-1. La Forest A. Kennan, born June 28, 1873, 
at Worcester. Married Mabel R. Charter. 
Sept. 15, 1893. 



50 The Kennan Family. 

173_2. Herbert W. Kennan, born Jan. 22, 1875. 

Married Leonie E. Graton of Rochdale, 

June 3, 1894. 
174 — 3. May L. Kennan, born Aug. 5, 1876, at 

Boyleton. Married Cliarles J. Harvey, Oct. 

5, 1898. 
175—4. Jennie B. Kennan, born Nov. 1, 1878, at 

Rutland. Married Joseph E. Ware of Rut- 
land, Oct. 5, 1898. 
176—5. Henry R. Kennan, born May 28, 1880, at 

Rutland, Mass. 
177 — 6. Florence A. Kennan, born Sept. 17, 1889, 

at Rutland. 

137. Cliarles Frederick Kennan, son of Elijah 
Locke Kennan, born at Holden, Mass., Jan. 22, 1861. 
Married Maj 25, 1888, Edna Jordan, born Aug. 15, 
1866, at St. Albans. They are both members of the 
Baptist Church. He is a Fireman at Worcester. They 
have one child. 

178— Ella Addie Kennan, bom Feb. 18, 1889. 

65. Melissa Victorine (Kennan), eldest daughter 
of George and Mary Kennan, was born at Bangor, N. 
Y., January 14, 1818. Died at Green Bay, Wisconsin, 
June 25, 1903. She married Joseph Taylor at Mor- 
risto^vn, E". Y., May 7, 1837, the Rev. Mr. Havens 
officiating. Mr. Taylor was born in England Septem- 
ber 19th, 1813, and died at Green Bay December 
2, 1898. He was a man of strict integrity and highly 
esteemed in the community where he lived. He was 
Postmaster of Fort Howard sixteen years. Was pre- 
sident of the School Board, a meml)ev of the Common 
Council and City Treasurer two terms. 

CHILDREN. 

179—1. Melissa Jane Taylor, born Jan. 14, 1838, at 
Morristown. Married Jacob V. Whitenack 



The Kennan Family. 51 

■V at Neenah, Dec, 1854. She died June 25, 

; 1903. Had two children, Joseph T. and 

Ella L. Whitenack. Joseph T. Whitenack 
married first Anna Freeman, after her 
death he married Carrie Marshall. Ella 
Whitenack married Dr. Sorrenson. 

180—2. Sarah Ellen Taylor, born May 15, 1840. 
Died Oct. 23, 1856. 

181 — 3. Irene Victorine Taylor, born March 31, 
1843. Married Joseph Brown, June 5, 1861. 
Had two children, Irene and Leander 
Brown. They live at Marinette, Wis. 

182—4. Ella Louise Taylor, born June 16, 1846. 
Died Oct. 23, 1856. 

183 — 5. Loa Luella Taylor, born April 15, 1850. 
Married W. L. Witters, July 21, 1869. Had 
three sons, Fred L., Frank H., and Chester 
C. Witters, and one daughter, Viola, de- 
ceased. 

184. Joseph H. Taylor, son of Joseph and Melissa 
V. (Kennan) Taylor was born at Fort Howard (now 
Green Bay), Feb. 7, 1859. Married Eleanor Jane 
Richardson, June 27, 1889, born May 19, 1858, at 
Mukwonago, Wisconsin. She is a daughter of George 
and Susan G. (Armstrong) Richardson. 

Mr. Taylor is a very popular and successful busi- 
ness man. He was Assistant Postmaster of Fort How- 
ard from 1872 to 1882. Cashier of the McCartney 
National Bank from 1882 to the present time. Is Pre- 
sident of the Farmers' and Traders' Bank of Wrights- 
town, Wis. Is Secretary of the Green Bay Water 
Company and has been alderman, city treasurer and 
Mayor of Fort Howard and Alderman and Mayor of 
Green Bay. Mr. Taylor and his wife are both mem- 
bers of the Baptist church. Their children were: 

185 — 1. George R. Taylor, born Jan. 25, 1892. Died 
May, 1892. 

186 — 2. Eleanor Kennan Taylor, born at Green 
Bay, Jan. 29, 189G. 



52 The Kennan Family. 

66. Albert Watts Kennan, son of George and Mary 
Kennan, was born at Bangor, N. Y., May 28, 1820. 
Died at Morristown August 26, 1826. 

67. Charlotte Louise Kennan, daughter of Greorge 
and Mary Kennan, was bom at Bangor, N. Y., Sept. 
18th, 1821, and died at Antigo, Wis., Dec. 8th, 1896. 
She was married first on Feb. 15, 1848, at Macomb, to 
Simeon Burt, born at Lancaster, Mass., Sept, 28, 1788. 
He died at Littleton, jST. H., Jan. 5, 1855. She was a 
member of the Baptist church and he was a member of 
the Congregational church. He was a well-to-do farmer 
and lived near Littleton, ]^. H. She married second 
Jacob Letter on the 20th of January, 1880. Children 
by first husband : 

187 — 1. Charlotte Mary Burt, born at Littleton, 
May 16, 1844. Married James Schufeldt at 
Menasha. He took up a homestead near 
Antigo and cleared up a good farm and 
died there. No children. 

188—2. Florence Selina Burt, born Dec. 6, 1846. 
Died Aug 11, 1854. 

189 — 3. George Clarence Burt, born April 1, 1849, 
at Littleton. 

190 — 4. Frank Thomas Kennan Burt, bom at Lit- 
tleton, N. H., Feb. 26, 1851. Married Ame- 
lia Zimpel, at Menasha, Aug. 10, 1880, born 
May 28, 1861, in Prussia. Daughter of 
Julius C. and Augusta L. Zimpel. He is a 
farmer and lives near Antigo, Wisconsin. 

; T'' ■ CHILDREN. 

191— 1. May Florence Burt, bom Aug. 2, 1881, at 

Menasha. Married Myron Purdy, Jan. 2, 
1898. 

192— 2. Clarence Alton Burt, born Dec. 18, 1882. 

193— 3. Clara Amelia Burt, born Dec. 18, 1882. 

194— 4. Charlotte Mary Burt, born Dec. 17, 18S4. 

195— 5. Olive Alice Burt, born March 1, 1887. 



The Ken nan F'amilv. 53 

196— 6. Francis Edith Burt, born Oct. 1, 1888. 

197— 7. Ethel Ella Burt, born June 20, 1890. 

198— 8. Frank Thomas Burt, born July 19, 1894. 

199— 9. Chester Sidney Burt, born Dec. 25. 1896. 
200—10. William Simeon Burt, born April 25, 1904. 

68. Jane Angeline Kennan, dangliter of George 
and Mary Kennan, was bom at Bangor, X. Y,, April 
16th, 1823. Died at the town of Hntchins, Wis., May 
20th, 1895. She married at Macomb, X Y., Jnne 11, 
1841. Lyman Hntchins, son of Samuel and Betsey 
(Griswold) Hntchins, Lyman Hntchins was born in 
Rutland County, Vermont, April 10th, 1803. Died at 
the town of Hntchins, May 17, 1902, at the age of 
ninety-nine years, one month and seven days. 

He came from the State of New York to Wiscon- 
sin in 1850, and located at iSTeenah, but later engaged 
in farming in the adjoining town of Clayton. He 
sold out there and moved up into the woods in Shawano 
County and he and several of his sons took up home- 
steads and were the first settlers in that part of the 
country, and when a towTi was organized it was called 
''Hutchins", which name it still retains. They raised 
a family of twelve children, of whom all were married 
except one. 

CHILDREN. 

201. George Hntchins, born Dec. 30, 1843, in 
Macomb, K Y. Married April 17, 1869, Rosalie A. 
Speer, born May 9, 1850, daughter of Mathias E. and 
Samantha: D. (Stone) Speer. He has been Town 
Treasurer eight years and assessor one year. He is a 
farmer. 





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2 


203. 


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54 The Kennan Family. 1 

children". 

1. George E. G. Hutchins, born April 16, 1870, 
flikv-VS Married Alzada A. Cheever, July 7, 1892. 
'•"■ii" 2. Rosie Estella A. Hutchins, born May 6, 1878. 
r '■ Married W. H. Clifford of Appleton. 

202. Charles B. T. Hutchins, born June 12, 

1845, married Dec. 19, 1882, I^ellie May Herrick, 

,horn Feb. 8, 1860, daughter of Charles N. and Abbie 

(Allen) Herrick of Neenah, Wis. He was a mechanic 

and belonged to the Free Masons and the Unitarian 

cluirch. 

CHILDREN. 

Herrick Newell Hutchins, born April 22, 18S5. 
Kennan Montgomery Hutchins, born Aug. 2. 
:i^4, at Glenwood, Wis. 

Warren E. Hutchins, bom Mav 5, 1847. 

Married April 22, 1879, Abbie K. Shelley, bom June 

30, 1864. Daughter of Volney K. and Mary E. (Dem- 

ing) Shelley. He is a prosperous farmer in the town 

of Hutchins. Has been town supervisor eleven years. 

Assessor one year and road commissioner ten years. 

CHILDREN. 

I ' • 1. Sidney B. Hutchins, born April 27, 1881. 

2. Mary Amy Hutchins, born Dec. 23, 1882. 

3. Reuben C. Hutchins, born Jan. 8, 1884. Died 
Dec. 8, 1889. 

4. Martha A. Hutchins, born Oct. 14, 1886. 

5. William A Hutchins, born Dec. 20, 1887. 

6. Olive L. Hutchins, born June 16, 1889. 

7. Melissa J. Hutchins, born Nov. 12, 1891. Died 
Jan. 24, 1892. 

204. Mary A. Hutchins, born Nov. 25, 1848, in 
the State of New York. Married April 3, 1881, Will- 
iam A. Purdy, born Aug 25, 1858, at Berlin, Wis. Son 
of William H. and Mary A. (Dillow) Purdy. Live in 
]\rattoon, Wis. 



The Kennan Family. 55 

children. 

1. Benjamin Harrison Purdy, born Nov. 29, 1888. 

2. Myrtle Iva Purdy, born Oct. 21, 1890, at Hutch- 
ins, Wis. 

205. Emma Kennan Ilntchins, born Sept. 19, 
1850. Married Aug. 8, 1880, Rev. Albert J. Staege, 
bom Oct. 22, 1851, in Prussia. Son of Frederick and 
Henrietta Staege. He is a farmer and preacher and 
lives in tlie town of Hiitcbins. They belong to the 
Advent Christian Church. 

CHILDREN ALL BOKN IN IIUTCHINS. 

1. Stephen Staege, born July 25, 1881. 

2. Henrietta Staege, born June 7, 1883. 

3. Ruth Staege, born Sept. 20, 1885. 

4. Mary Staege, born June 18, 1888. 

5. Asa Staege, born March 29, 1890. 

6. Ruby Staege, born Feb. 2, 1896. Died Dec. 15, 
1896. 

206. Ida Abigail Hutchins, born July 28, 1852, 
at Neeanh, Wis. Married April 22, 1879, to Simeon 
O. Shelly, born Jan. 31, 1861. He died T^ov. 9, 1905. 
They belonged to the Methodist Church. 

CHILDREN. 

1. Herbert J. Shelly, born Aug. 27, 1882. 

2. Manford B. Shelly, born Oct. 3, 1885. 

3. Eva B. Shelly, born Oct. 4, 1888. 

4. Minnie E. R. Shelly, born Dec. 27, 1891. 

207. Alma Hutchins, born Feb. 1, 1855, at Clay- 
ton, Wis. 

208. Horace Hutchins, born May 1, 1856, at 
Clayton, Wis. Died unmarried Feb. 14, 1892. 

209. Jonathan D. Hutchins, born Jan. 27, 1858. 
Married July 30, 1882, Lucy Frank, bom 1860. 
Daughter of Phillip and Mary Frank. 



56 The Kennan Family. 

children. 

1. Alice. 

210. Thomas L. K. Hntcliins,, born Aug. 6, 1861, 
at Clayton, Wis. Married Bertha Staege, June 6, 
1889. Born Oct. 29, 1858. Daughter of Frederick 
and Henrietta Staege. They belong to the Second 
Advent church. He received a common school educa- 
tion and then attended Eipon college several terms. 
He was chairman of the Town Board of Supervisors 
one year, town treasurer four years, town clerk five 
years and Justice of the Peace many years. He is an 
enterprising and successful farmer. 

CHILDRExV. 

V 1. Jesse Byron Hutchins, born May 30, 1890. Died 

; July 13, 1893. 

2. Chester Hutchins, born Aug. 31, 1893. 

211. Melissa Y. T. (Hutchins) Herman, born 
Aug. 3, 1863. Married Henry T. Herman Dec. 21, 
1887. He is a sou of Jacob and Ivatherine Herman 
and Avas born June 14, 1863. They live in Denver, 
Colorado, and belong to the Seventh Day Adventist 
church, of which he is the clerk. 

CHILDREN. 

1. Harold Thomas Hermann, born Oct. 7, 1892. 

2. Alice Melissa Hermann, born July 16, 1895. 

212. Ella B. (Hutchins) Cottrill, bom Xov. 25, 
1865. Married Gains Elias Cottrill, Oct. 25, 1894. 
He was born Dec. 3, 1861. Son of George and Lydia 
Ann (Naramore) Cottrill. Is a farmer. Lives at 
Trma, Wis. 

CHILDREN. 

1. Loa Ella Cottrill, born March 9, 1896, at Mat- 
toon. 




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The Kennan Family. 57 

2. Lydia Ann Cottrill, born Oct. 7, 1S97, at Dud- 
ley. 

3. Prudence Jane Cottrill, born April 29, 1900, at 
Dudley. 

4. Rhoda S. Cottrill, born May 12, 1903, at Irma. 

5. Paul Alson Cottrill, born June 18, 1905, at 
Irma. 

61). Thomas Lathrop Kennan, son of George and 
Mary (Tullar) Kennan, was born in the Town of Mor- 
ristown, St, Lawrence County, X. Y., Feb. 22, 1827. 
His early life was spent on the farm. He attended the 
common schools in the winter and at the age of eighteen 
he taught school in the winter and attended an academy 
in the summer. At the age of twenty he went to Nor- 
wallc, Ohio, and there studied law two years in the 
office of his uncle Jairus Kennan, who was a prominent 
lawyer in that place. He visited Wisconsin the iirst 
time in 1849. He came up by way of the Lakes and 
landed at Milwaukee. After traveling around the 
state a few weeks in Frink and Walker's stages he went 
south and spent the winter in Alabama. He returned 
to Ohio the following summer and Sept. 30, 1850, 
was married to Loa Brown at North Fairfield, Ohio. 
She was a daughter of Jedediah and Eunice (Branch) 
Brown. 

The following sketch of his life is taken from the 
"History of The Bench and Bar of Wisconsin". 

"Thomas L. Kennan was born in Morristo\\-n, Feb. 
22, 1827. The boy worked on his father's fann in 
the summer and attended school in the winter, and 
later showed his enterprise, as well as his eagerness, to 
make the most of himself by inducing some of his com- 
panions to club their means and engage the sei-vices of 
a private instructor, who could impart knowledge be- 
yond the scope of the average district teacher. Thoma-^ 



58 The Kennan Family. 

made such progress that at the age of eighteen he was an- 
instructor himself. In 1847, he went to Norwalk,. 
Ohio, to study law in the office of his uncle, Jairus Ken- 
nan. After being admitted to the bar in 1851, he re- 
moved to Oshkosh, Wisconsin, and began the practice of 
his profession. Two years later Judge WTieeler re- 
moved from i^Teenah to Oshkosh and formed a law part- 
nership with Mr. Kennan. In 1855, Mr. Kennan 
made another change of location to Portage, Wisconsin, 
having two years previously been admitted to practice 
in the State Supreme Court. Within a few years hiS' 
practice extended into adjoining counties, and he 
was engaged in many criminal cases and soon gained 
some reputation as a criminal lawyer, but this branch 
of the practice being distasteful to him, he abandoned it 
and thereafter devoted his attention to civil business. 

Upon the breaking out of the Civil War. Mr, Ken- 
nan recruited a company, and early in the fall of 18 Gl, 
was mustered into the service at Milwaukee as First 
Lieutenant of Company D. Tenth Wisconsin Infantry, 
and rendered efficient service in the armv of the Ten- 
nessee. Under the hardships and privations of active 
service in the South, in the summer of 1862, his health' 
failed and much to his regret he was obliged to resign his- 
commission and seek a northern climate. 

On his return to Wisconsin for the restoration of his 
health, he retired for a time to his large stock farm in 
Marquette County, not neglecting, however, to champ- 
ion with voice and pen the union cause. He was there 
elected President of the Loyal League, and in 1863,. 
received the appointment of Deputy Provost Marshall, 
and served the Government in that capacity until the 
cessation of hostilities. While living there he wa* 



Thf Kexnan Fame. a, 59 

twice elected to the office of Town treasurer, the last 
time receiving every vote east in the towTi. 

After regaining his health he returned to Portage 
and resumed the practice of his profession. Within 
the succeeding decade he built up a large and profitable 
general practice, which was diverted more or less into 
the channels of corporation, and especially railroad law. 
It was during this period (in 1876) that he was ad- 
mitted to practice in the Supreme C^urt of the United 
States. In 1880 he was induced to give up his general 
practice and accept a position with the Wisconsin Cen- 
tral Railroad Company, as its attorney, and to the legal 
interests of this corporation Mr. Kennan devoted the 
following ten years of his professional life. He then 
resigned, in order that he might take life a little more 
easily and give more attention to his private aifairs. 
After he became attorney for the railroad company he 
removed to Milwaukee, in wdiich city, as also in Ash- 
land, Wisconsin, and Chicago, Illinois, he became 
largely interested in real estate; and was president of 
the largest real estate company in Milwaukee. 

Mr. Kennan has long been a member and for many 
years was a trustee of Immanuel Presbyterian Church ; 
After the church was destroyed by fire in 1887 Mr. Ken- 
nan with two other gentlemen were appointed a com- 
mittee to get up new plans and attend to having the 
church rebuilt. He belongs to the Wisconsin Society of 
Mayflower Descendants and is a member of the Sons of 
the American Revolution and of the Society of the Co- 
lonial Wars. He is also a member of the Jjyja\ T^egion 
and of the G. A. R., and of the Masonic Fraternity 
(32d degree). While living in Marquette County Mr. 
Kennan helped to organize the first Presbyterian 



60 The Kennan Family. 

Church at Packwaiikee and was ordained as its first 
ruling elder. 

His wife, Loa (Brown) Kennan, was the youngest 
daughter of Jedediah and Eunice (Branch) Browu, 
and was born December 18, 1829, at Borrodino, Onon- 
daga County, N. Y. She died in Milwaukee, October 
27, 1906, after a long illness. She was a lady who was 
greatly beloved by all who knew her. 

She was a member of Immanuel Presbyterian 
Church and of the Woman's Club and had been a direc- 
tor of the Milwaukee Protestant Home for the Aged 
from the time of its organization. For a further sketch 
of her life and her genealogy at length see Chapter VI. 

The children of Thomas Lathrop and Loa (BroAvn) 
Kennan are: 

214. 1. Kossuth Kent Kennan, born at Oshkosh, 
Wis. November 17, 1851. Was school teacher at age of 
seventeen. Attended WhitcAvater State Normal School 
also Lawrence University at Appleton. Attended 
Ripon College four years and graduated in classical 
course in 1875. Admitted to bar in 1878. Employed 
in legal and tax departments of Wisconsin Central Pail- 
road Company about eighteen years. Made several 
trips to Europe from 1880 to 1885. Organized and 
was secretary of first State Tax Commission in 1897. 
Has practiced law in Milwaukee since 1899. Married 
to Helen Eyan (McGregor) Pierpont, (daughter of 
John P. McGregor) Sept. 23, 1885, who died Sept. 25, 
1889. For his second wife he married Florence James,. 
Jan. 24, 1895, Avho died April 19, 1904. The children 

by the second marriage were: 

1. Frances Willmarth Kennan, born Nov. 3, 1895. 




Miss ]x)a IJuown in IMU 



The Kennan Famil\. 61 

2. Constance Lathrop Kennan, born Sept. IC, 
1897. 

3. Jeanette Sinclair Kennan, born Aug. 8, 1901. 

4. George Frost Kennan, born Feb. 16, 1904. 

The parents of Florence James were Alfred Jaraos, 
who was born in Scotland, and who, at the time of his 
death (Dec. 4, 1904), was President of the North- 
western National Insurance Company, and Frances 
Willmarth James, who died Jnly 6, 1905. 

215. 2. Chester Tullar Kennan, son of Thomas 
L. and Loa (BroAvn) Kennan, was born at Portage, 
Oct. 11, 1857. Married Sept. 9, 1884, Katie E. Collip, 
of Portage, born Dec. 9, 1861. Daughter of Conrad 
and Louise (Slifer) Collip. He graduated from the 
High School in Portage, then took a regular course in 
Ripon College and gi-aduated from that institution in 
1881. During the next three years he was in the em- 
ploy of the Wisconsin Central Railway Co. He studied 
law and was admitted to the bar and commenced prac- 
tice in Milwaukee, but after a year or two he became 
interested in mining in the West and has since given his 
whole attention to that business. 

CHILDREN. 

1. Ralph C. Kennan, born in Milwaukee June 6, 
1885. 

2. Gwendolyn Kennan, born Aug. 11, 1889. 

3. Jack Kennan, born in Milwaukee Dec. 22, 1894. 

216. 3. Loa Brown Kennan, daughter of Thomas 
L. and Loa (Brown) Kennan, was bora March IT, 
1860, at Portage, Wisconsin. Graduated from the High 
School in Portage and then finished her education 
at Ripon College. On July 2, 1889, she was married 
at the home of her parents in Milwaukee, to Paul Hoin- 
rich Louis Mausolff, Rev. E. H. Merrill, President of 



62 The Kennan Family. 

Ripon College performing tlie ceremony. She is an 
active member of the Presbyterian church at Frankfort 
on-the-Main, Germany, and her husband belongs to the 
Lutheran church. Mr. Mausolff was a son of Louis 
Fedor Mausolff, M. D., and Clara (Heinrich) Mausolff, 
and was born at Parchwitz, Silesia, Aug. 17, 1861. 
His grandfather, S. G. Heinrich, was the first pastor 
of the Church St. Mary Magdalena, at Breslau, and 
a member of the Consistory, having the title Consistor- 
ial Rath. In 1874 he retired from the ministry and 
went to Wiesbaden to live, where his son, Dr. Paul 
Heinrich, was a practicing physician. 

Here Paul Mausolff attended the Gymnasium until 
the spring of 1879, when he passed the final examina- 
tion (called in German Abiturienten Examen) which 
admits one to the Universities. 

Lie next served an apprenticeship in the oflice of a 
chemical firm, at Basel, Switzerland, when he became 
acquainted with Kossuth Kent Kennan. At the end of 
two and a half years he became correspondent for 
French, English and German with the chemical firm. 

He served in the German Army from April 1883 to 
1884, and then entered the Deutsche Gold & Silber 
Scheideanstalt (German Gold and Silver Refinery), a 
corporation also manufacturing and dealing in chemi- 
cals on a large scale. 

In the spring of 1886, after some special training 
for the analysis of cinchona bark, he was sent to 
Colombo, Ceylon, to purchase cinchona bark for a qui- 
nine factory, in which the Scheideanstalt was interested. 
He returned to Frankfort-on-the-Main in 1887 and 
came to America in June, 1888, entering the branch 
office of the Scheideanstalt in New York. 



The Kennan Family. 63 

In Jan., 1895, he returned to Frankfort-on the-Main 
to look after the business of the Roessler & Hasslacher 
Co. at the Scheideanstalt. 

CHILDREN. 

1. Alfred Kennan Mausolff, born in New York 
Nov. 29, 1893. 

2. Dorothy Loa Mausolff, bom at Frankfort-on- 
the-Main, June 11, 1902. 

217. 4. Mary Branch Kennan, daughter of 
Thomas L. and Loa (Brown) Kennan, was bom, Aug. 
28, 1863. Graduated from the High School in Por- 
tage, and after that attended INIilwaukee Female Col- 
lege, On Feb. 21, 1887, was married at the home of 
her parents in Milwaukee to Thomas Knox Ewing, born 
at Finlay, Ohio, Jan. 21, 1847. He died at Milwau- 
kee March 21, 1902. He was a son of John and Jane 
Ann (Whitton) Ewing. 

CHILDEEN. ALL BORN IX MILWAUKEE. 

1. Donald Knox Ewing, born March 31, 1888. 

2. Hugh Whitton Ewing, born Sept. 2, 18S9. 

3. Roger Kenneth Ewing, born Oct. 30, 1890. 

218. Charlotte Jane Kennan, daughter of Thomas 
L. and Loa (Brown) Kennan, was born July 2, 1867. 
After graduating from the high school she attended 
the Milwaukee Female College and then took a course 
in the Boston Conservatory of Music. On Oct. 13, 
1892, she was married at the home of her parents in 
Milwaukee to Converse Walter Lloyd, born May 25, 
1867, at Millersbury, Ills. He was the eldest son pf 
Lowell C. and Sara Catherine (Little) Lloyd. They 
lived a number of years in Nebraska. Moved from 
there to Ashland, Wisconsin, where he is engaged in the 
real estate and insurance business. She is a member 



6-i The Kennan Family. 

of the Presbyterian church. They have one daughter^ 
Loa Catherine Lloyd, born Aug. 20, 1803, in Milwau- 
kee. 

219. Thomas Lathrop Kennan, Jr., son of Thomas 
L. and Loa (Brown) Kennan, was bom at Portage, 
Wisconsin, Aug. 19, 1874. He was educated in the 
Public Schools in Milwaukee and at Beloit College and 
Michigan University. He married Dec. 10, 1902, 
Miss Maud l^ewman, of Detroit, born on Aug. 6, 1875. 
She w^as a daughter of James and Adelma Lucinda 
(Stone) !N^ewman. Her great grandfather, Richard 
Keating rendered valuable service in the revolutionary 
Avar. And she has a long line of distinguished ancesters 
extending back several hundred years through her grand 
father. Dr. Luther Cary Stone. Mr. Kennan is now a 
fruit-raiser and has a plantation near Ocean Springs, 
Miss. 

CHILDREN. 

1. James Gordon Kennan, born Nov. 10, 1903, at 
Milwaukee. 

2. Kathleen K. Kennan, born Feb. 23, 1906, at 
Milwaukee. 

70. Mary Eveline Kennan was born in Morris- 
town, Jan. 16, 1829. She was married on July 27, 
1845, at the residence of her father in Macomb, N. Y., 
to Jonathan David Thomjjson, born, May 6, 1822, at 
Theresa, IST. Y. He moved with his family from the 
State of iSTew York to jSTeenah, Wisconsin, in 1850. He 
purchased a farm there and engaged in farming. After 
living there many years he sold his farm and removed 
to California. He died there on March 7, 1897, after 
a long illness. His widow is still living. She is a 
member of the Baptist church. 



The Kennan Family. 65 

their children were. 

220. Lottie E. Thompson, daughter of J. D. and 

Mary E. Thompson, was born July 0, 1846, at Theresa, 

N. Y. Man-ied July 15, 1866, Gilbert Griffis, and had 

1. Myrtle G. Griffis, bom June 16, 1867. She 
married Rev. Calvin H. Barker. They are mis- 
sionaries in the Fiji Islands. 

Mrs. GriiBs got a divorce, and then married 
William A. Hall on Nov. 27, 1870. He was born at 
Litchfield, Maine, Jan. 22„ 1843. Her children by 
Wm. A. Hall were: 

1. Lottie Alberta Hall, born Feb. 17, 1872. Died 
April 19, 1885, at Neenah, Wisconsin. 

2. David William Hall, born Jan. 23, 1874. Mar- 
ried Ardella Coleman, Dec. 7, 1906, in Cali- 
fornia. 

3. Walter Hart Hall, born Sept. 30, 1875, at Fort 
Howard, Wis. Married Nettie Chapman at 
Pasadena, California. 

4. Olive Hall, born March 11, 1878, at Ft. Howard. 
Married James Kenny. Live at Loa Angeles, 
California. 

5. Elida Mae Hall, born June 4, 1880, at Ft. 
Howard. Married George Gardiner. She died 
Sept. 25, 1906, at Los Angeles, California. 

6. Cora Inez Hall, born April 3, 1882, in Wiscon- 
sin. 

7. Ernest albert Hall, born April 10, 1885, at 
Neenah, Wis. Died Aug. 17, 1885. 

8. Mortimer Howard Hall, born June 25, 1886, at 
Neenah, Wis. Lives at Reedley, Cal. 

221. Mortimer G. Thompson, son of J. D. and 
Mary E. Thompson, was born May 7, 1849, at Macomb, 
K Y. Married March 30, 1870, Florence E. Butler, 
born July 27, 1852, daughter of James H. and Sarah 
M. (Billings) Butler. They belong to the Ohri?tian 



66 The Kennan Family. 

church. He is a prosperous farmer and lives near 
Dinuba, Cal. Thev have one son. 

James Earle Thompson, bom June 23, 1894. 

222. J. Guj Thompson, born Dec. 21, 1851. 
Married May 30, 1871, at Winchester, Wis., Hattie 
Effie Patterson, born Sept. 10, 1852, in Outagamie 
County, Wis. Daughter of John and Effie (Anderson) 
Patterson. They belong to the Seventh Day Adventist 
church. He is a painter and lives at Traver, Tulare 
County, California. 

CHILDREN. 

1. Harrison Guy Thompson, born Nov. 6, 1873. 

2. Laura Mable Thompson, bom April 26, 1876. 
Married J. O. Keigas, 1897. 

3. Samuel Rufus Thompson, bom Jan. 9, 1878. 
Married Nellie King at Dinuba, in 1905. 

4. William Ray Thompson, bom Oct. 2, 1879. 
Died Jan. 4, 1881. 

5. Mary Effie Thompson, bom July 31, 1881. 

6. John D. Thompson, bom June 18, 1885. 

8. Vera Thompson, born June 27, 1886. Died 
Aug. 9, 1886. 

9. Leon Thompson, born July 28, 1888. Died 
Feb. 16, 1889. 

10. Reuben Thompson, bora Jan. 11, 1890. 

11. Lottie O. Thompson, bom Jan. 14, 1891. Died 
June 30, 1891. 

12. Mortimer Gifford Thompson, bom July 4, 1892. 

13. Hattie Esther Thompson, bora Sept. 10, 1894. 

223. Loa L. Thompson, bom at Neenah, Nov. 
28, 1853. Married 1872, Horace Clifford, bom in 
1843. He died Kor. 6, 188— at Antigo, Wis. 

CHILDREN. 

1. Alvin L. Clifford, bora Dec. 26, 1873, at Fond 
du Lac. Married Maggie Edwards, Dec. 28, 
1892. 

2. David A. Clifford, born Sept. 13, 1875. Married 
Ethel Cheever of Antigo, April 30, 1898. 



f 



The Kkxxan Family, ^7 

3. Walter H. Clifford, born Aug. 4, 1877, at New 
London. Married Stella Hutchins, Feb. 16, 
1900. 

4. Mary A. Clifford, born Sept. 4, 1879. Married 
Reed Case, June 27, 1899. 

5. Jessie K. Clifford, born May 3, 1881, at Antigo. 
Married Adelbert Jones, April 30, 1902. 

6. Hattie F. Clifford, born April 7, 1883. Married 
Arthur Long at Reedley, California, Jan. 25, 
1905. 

224. Rhoda Inez Thompson, bom July 8, 1856. 

Married first a Mr. McAllister July 28, 1873. Second, 

married Giles K. Lindsay, born May 7, 1855, son of 

Oscar O. and Harriet Lindsay. 

CHILDREN BY FIRST HUSBAND. 

1905. 

1. Charles M. McAllister, born May 19, 1875. 
Married Maud Lockman, Oct. 22, 1899. 

2. Guy McAllister, bom July 17, 1877, at Nee- 
nah. Married Sarah Sherman, in 1897. 

3. Benjamin K. McAllister, born July 14, 1879. 
Died March 7, 1880. 

4. Welton C. McAllister, born Oct. 29, 1881. 
Died Feb. 2, 1886. 

5. Harry H. McAllister, born Sept. 7, 1883. Died 
Feb. 6, 1884. 

CHILDREN BY SECOND HUSBAND. 

6. Eva May Lindsay, born Dec. 7, 1886. 

7. Giles K. Lindsay, Jr., born June 29, 1889, at 
Antigo. Married Myrtle Denman at Fresno, 
California, in 1906. 

8. J. D. T. Lindsay, born Aug. 16, 1891, at Tra- 
ver, Cal. 

9. Etta Inez Lindsay, born Sept. 18, 1894, at 
Dinuba. 

10. Earl Oscar Lindsay, born June 18, 1899, at 
: Reedley, Cal. 

276. Hattie Florence Thompson, born July 14, 



68 The Kennan Family. 

1861. Married Sept. 10, 1882, W. C. Morser, born 
March 29, 1858. 

CHILDEEN. 

1. Welton C. Morser, born June 18, 1883. Mar- 
ried Sept. 21, 1905. 

2. Ellis Ray Morser, born May 1, 1887. 

3. Harvey Harold Morser, born Jan. 3, 1889. 

4. Lowell Thompson Morser, born Dec. 19, 1892. 
Died Sept. 14, 1900. 

5. Florence G. Morser, born June 6, 1895. 

6. Grace B. Morser, born Oct. 31, 1904. 

225. David P. Thompson, born Dec. 27, 1869. 
Married Jan. 15, 1888, Cora Belle Sackett, born May 
28, 1865, at New London, Wis. Member of the Con- 
gregational church. Daughter of Charles M. and 
Fleeta (Stout) Sackett. He lives at New London. Is 
a contractor and builder. 

CHILDEEN, 

1. Roy M. Thompson, born Nov. 15, 1888. Mar- 
ried Effie Brisban, Sept. 19, 1906. 

2. Fleeta Fay Thompson, born at Antigo, April 
25, 1892. 

3. Vera Luella Thompson, born April 26, 1894. 

4. Doris Mildred Thompson, born March 12, 1898. 

5. Hollis David Thompson, born Jan. 7, 1900. 

6. Donald R. Thompson, bom Dec. 23, 1901. 

71. Sarah Eudotia Kennan, daughter of George 
and Mary Kennan, born at Morristown, N. Y., Dec. 6, 
1830. Married John Mitchell at Green Bay Nov. 9, 
1854. He was bom, June 28, 1828. He died at 
Menasha on Sept. 8, 1901. She died at Antigo, Wis., 
Jan. 25, 1895. They belonged to the Methodist 
church. They lived in Menasha for many years after 
they were married. He was engaged in manufacturing 
sash, blinds and doors. He moved from Menasha to 



The Kennan Family. 69 

Antigo and lived there until his wife died. After that 
he made his home in Menasha. They were hoth buried 
in the Neenah Cemetery. 

CHILDREN. 

1. Benjamin K. Mitchell, born Nov., 185G. Died 
May 3, 1861. 

2. Edward Mitchell. Lives in California. 

3. Arthur Mitchell, born Oct. 12, 1866. Died Feb. 
28, 1867. 

4. Belle Mitchell, born Aug. 23, 1863. Died Feb. 
6, 1872. 

5. John F. Mitchell. Died July 11, 1873. 

72. George Kennan, Jr., son of George and Mary 
Kennan, was born at Morristown, X. Y., Nov. 3, 
1832. Died at ]\Iinneapolis, ]\Iinnesota, at the home 
of his son Eev. K. E. Kennan, on Oct. 8, 1905. He 
married Ada Montgomery at Neenah, Dec. 8, 1859. 
She was a daughter of Benj. M. and Melissa G. Mont- 
gomery. She was born June 4, 1839, at Madison, O. 
Died April 14, 1894, at Hillsdale, Mich. She was a 
member of the Free Baptist church. 

226. George Allan Kennan, son of George and Ada 
(Montgomery) Kennan, born Feb., 1862, at Menasha, 
married in 1881 to Ella Tuttle at Mankato, Minn. 
Daughter of Hiram Tuttle. He is a carpenter and 
lives at Milton, Washington. 

CHILDREN OF GEORGE ALLAN AND ELLA KENNAN. 

1. Grace Kennan, born July 16, 1882. 

2. Ruth Kennan, born Sept. 23, 1883. 

3. George Kennan, Jr., bom May 5, 1886. 

4. Ralph Kennan. Died . 

5. Ada Kennan, born May 30, 1894. 

227. Rev. Albert L. Kennan, son of George and 
Ada (Montgomery) Ivennan, born Dec. 26, 1864, at 



70 The Kennan Family. 

Menasha. Married June 23, 1890, to Pliilena Belle 
Eanney, born Dec. 30, 1871, at Phelps, N. Y. After 
obtaining his education he studied for the ministry and 
became a Baptist minister. He then concluded to be- 
come a missionary, and to prepare himself for that 
work he went toi Chicago and took a course in a medical 
college. He then took his wife and went to India and 
became a medical missionary at Lalgarh, Midnapore, 
India, and is doing a good work there. 

CHILDEEN. 

1. Ada Belle Kennan, born March 20, 1896, in 
Michigan. 

2. Albert Ranney Kennan, born Dec. 8, 1899, in 
India. 

3. Thomas Floyd Kennan, born Jan. 2, 1902, in 
India. 

Ada and Albert are attending school at Doejuling 
in the edge of the Himalayas. 

22'8. Eev. Ralph R. Kennan, son of George and 
Ada (Montgomery) Kennan, was born, Sept. 16, 
1866, at Mankato, Minn. Married June 18, 1891, at 
Hillsdale, Mich., Estella Dorcas Cole, born at Potter, 
N. Y. Daughter of Andrew and Mary (Lofter) Cole. 
He attended Hillsdale College and received the degrees 
of A.M. and B.D. and became a Baptist clergyman. 
He filled a pulpit in Cleveland a number of years. 
Then had a call to go to Minneapolis and was pastor of 
a church there a number of years and was editor of "The 
Free Baptist" a religious paper of that denomination. 
Was a member of the General Conference Board, for 
several years. Is now assistant pastor of a church in 
Chicago and is taking a post-graduate course in the 
University Divinity School. 



The Kennan Family. 71 

children. 

1. Geraldine lone Kennan, born Nov. 27, 1900. 

2. Paul Willard Kennan, bom Dec. 21, 1901. 

229. Benjamin Montgomery Kennan, son of 
George and Ada (Montgomei-y) Kennan, born !N^ov. 22, 
1878, at Oshkosh, Wis. Married in 1902, at Denver, 
Tilla E. Hamilton, born at Litchfield, Mich., Oct. 8, 
1874. Daughter of John and Elizabeth (Eobinson) 
Hamilton. He is a member of the Congregational 
church and of Rebecca Lodge. They live in Denver. 
They have one child, 

Ada Elizabeth, born March 14, 1905. 

73. Sidney Tullar Kennan, son of George and 
Mary Tullar Kennan, was born Dec. 25, 1837, at Ma- 
comb. Married Henrietta Hale at New London, Wis., 
July 3, 1867. Both bolong to the Congregational church 
in Menasha. She was born in Vernon, Conn., Oct. 20, 
1842. Was a daughter of Clement and Marinda (Bid- 
well) Hale, No children. 

74. Benjamin Harrison Kennan, son of George and 
Mary (Tullar) Kennan, was born at Macomb, N". Y., 
April 25, 1840. Died at Neenah, Wis., June 6, 1867. 
Married at Neenah June 6, 1 864, Lida Whitenack. She 
died at Neenah Aug. 16, 1882. They were both mem- 
bers of the Presbyterian church. They had no children. 

75. Helen S. B. Kennan, daughter of George 
and Mary Kennan, was born at Macomb, Feb. 2, 
1846. Married Dec. 15, 1870, at Menasha, Wisconsin, 
to Stephen B. Hill, born Marcli 17, 1846, in London, 
England. Died July 7, 1907. He was a farmer and 
lived at Endeavor, Wisconsin. He served three years in 
the 3l9t Regt. Wisconsin Vol. in the Civil War. Was 
a son of Stephen Hill, who married Miss Sarah Ann 



72 The Kennan Family. 

Cole in England. The children of Stephen B. and 
Helen Hill were : 

1. Loa Helen Hill, born Nov. 4, 1872. Died at 

Neenah, Jan. 16, 1885. 
2. Lida Belle Hill, born Aug. 27, 1874, at Clayton, 
Wis. Married Arthur M. Jones of Endeavor, 
June 6, 1900. 

3. George Chester Hill, born June 24, 1876. Mar- 
ried Emma G. Mason, Dec, 1904. 

80. Thomas K, Lawrence, son of Abiram and 
Abigail (Kennan) Lawrence, born March 27, 1822, at 
Moira. Died Febniai-y 6, 1900. Married Dec. 20, 

1853, to Isabel A. Taisley, born May 11, 1828. Died 
'Nov. 20, 1889. She wa,s a daughter of Gideon and 
Sally (Gray) Taislej. 

CHILDREN. 

1. Lillian A. Lawrence, born Aug. 2, 1855. Mar- 
ried O. F. Thayer, May 27, 1877. Died June 
29, 1901. 

2. Sarah Nancy Lawrence, born Oct. 9, 1863, at 
Moira. Married Dec. 29, 1885, to Alonzo Joseph 
Chittenden, born Aug. 5, 1848, at Stockholm, 
N. Y., son of Carlos and Emily (Phelps) Chit- 
tenden. 

■ CHILDKEN. 

1. Maud Belle Chittenden, born Oct. 16, 1892. 

2. Mildred Helen Chittenden, bom March 19, 
1899. 

81. Abbj Desire Lawrence, daughter of Abiram 
and Abigail (Kennan) Lawrence, born Dec. 20, 1830, 
at Moira. Died April 25, 1903. Married Oct. 3, 

1854, George Rundell, born Feb., 1830, at De Kalb, 
died May 5, 1865, at Beaufort, K C. Son of Obadiah 
K. and Polly (Spencer) Rimdell. They belonged to 
the Methodist Episcopal church. 



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children. 

1. Gertrude Florence Rundell, born Jan. 28, 1857. 
Married Joshua M. Foss of Moira. Aug. 20, 
1878. 

2. Carrie Elizabeth Kennan Rundell, born Jan. 4. 
1859. Married William Woodruff of Seattle, 
Aug. 13, 1883. 

3. Forrest Partin Rundell, born Sept. 10, 1855. 
Married Kate S. Stoneman, Jan. 11, 1888. 

82. Sophronia C. LaAvrence, daughter of Abiram 
and Abigail (Kennan) Lawrence, born Oct. 10, 1838. 
Died May 12, 1001. Married March 16, 1860, Henry 
Hawkins McBride, born April 1, 1837. 

CHILDREN. 

1. Charles Edward McBride, born July 8. 1861. 
Died March 22, 1894. 

2. Adelbert Henry McBride, born April 18, 1863. 

3. Fred Milton McBride, born July 4, 1867. Died 
Aug. 10. 1897. 

4. Arthur Cyrus McBride, bom May 26, 1869. 

5. Rowena Lawrence McBride, born May 17, 1873. 
Married George Thomas, Aug. 31, 1890. at 
Moira, N. Y. Live at Lawrenceville, N. Y. He 
was born Jan., 1864. Is a farmer. Son of 
Harris and Ruth (Ballard) Thomas. 

6. Ray L. McBride, born July 20, 1876. Died Feb. 
9, 1877. 

^CHILDREN OF GEORGE AND ROWENA (mCBRIDE) THOMAS, 
ALT. BORN AT I>AWRENCEVTLT.Ti:. 

1. Earl R. Thomas, born March 27, 1892. 

2. Harlie J. Thomas, born April 24. 1894. 

3. Warren H. Thomas, born Feb., 1897. 

4. Myrtle F. Thomas, born Aug. 5, 1900. 

5. Leola S. Thomas, bom Jan. 2, 1903. 

• 6. Raymond C. Thomas, born Aug. 13, 1906. 

91. Mary Jane Kennan, eldest daughter of John 
and Mary Ann (Morse) Kennan, was born at ^N'orwalk, 
O., on March 7, 1830. Was a member of the Pres- 



74 The Kennan Family, 

byterian church. After the death of her parents she 
lived with her sister at Holmesburj, Pa., and died there 
Aug. 22, 1906. 

92. John M. Kennan, son of John and Mary Ann 
(Morse) Kennan, was born at Norwalk, O., ISrov. 
24, 1832. Was married at Lockport, N. Y., Sept. 
24, 1855, to Maria B. House, of Lockport, born Aug. 
26, 1836. Died Aug. 15, 1904, in New York. She was 
a daughter of George and Sally Ann (Bond) House. He 
was a banker and for many years president of a bank. 
They belonged to the Episcopal church. 

CHILDKEISr. 

1. Mary L. Kennan, born at Lockport, Oct. 21, 
1856. Died at Medina, Jan. 12, 1884. 

2. Grace Elizabeth Kennan, born July 12, 1861, at 
Medina. Died July 30, 1875. 

3. William C. Kennan, bom at Lockport, Feb. 18, 
1860. Died at Norwalk, Aug., 1860. 

4. Nellie Thompson Kennan, born Jan. 27, 1868. 

5. Ethel Louise Kennan, born Jan 17, 1873. She 
was married to George M. Curtis, Jr., of New 
York, July 28, 1903. 

93. Ellen Kennan, daughter of John and Mary 

Ann Kennan, was born at Norwalk Dec. 10, 1835. 

Married first on July 7, 1859, James Thompson, bom 

in Nov., 1827, near Saratoga, N. Y. He died Feb. 

23, 1865. Had one son. 

Lewis M. Thompson, born July 21, 1860. He is a 
lawyer in New York, He married Katherine But- 
ler Aug. 12, 1891. 

After the death of her first husband Mrs. Ellen 
(Kennan) Thompson, married second, Ellis D. Moore, 
in 1869, born in Nov., 1826, in Maine. Died June 5, 
1898, in Montclair, N. J. They were members of the 
Presbyterian church. Had one daughter, Nellie Ger- 




George Kennan 



The Kennan Family. 75 

trude Moore, born in Brooklyn, Oct. 26, 1870. Killed 
in a railroad accident at Dobbs Ferry Dec. 24, 1891. 

94. George Kennan, son of John and Mary Ann 
(Morse) Kennan, was born at ISTorwalk, O., Feb. 16, 
1845. He married Sept 24, 1879, Miss Emeline R. 
Weld. He early learned to be a telegraph operator. 
On the day that he was six years old he sent his first 
message over the wires, and at twelve he became a regu- 
lar operator. In 1863 he was given a place in the Rus- 
sian-American telegraph expedition. Wliile with this 
expedition he spent two years in the wilds of Eastern 
Siberia, camping on the boundless steppes, sleeping at 
times in those arctic regions on the snow when the ther- 
mometer indicated fifty or sixty degrees below zero, by 
crawling into a fur bag, and at times lived in the smoky 
huts of the w^andering Koraks, who had never seen a 
white man before. During the long arctic winters he 
learned to travel with dog sledges and with reindeer. He 
studied the Russian language and is now considered one 
of the best Russian scholars in America. After return- 
ing home he published ''Tent-Life in Siberia". His ex- 
perience among the wandering ISTomads in Arctic Siberia 
was full of the wildest adventure and the hardships 
which he experienced tested his powers of endurance to 
the utmost. In 1885, he was employed by the Century 
Company to go to Russia and investigate the exile sys- 
tem as practiced there and write it up for the Century 
Magazine. His articles attracted great attention and 
were translated into many different languages and gave 
him a world-wide reputation. 

In 1891 he published a work consisting of two good 
sized volumes entitled "Siberia and the Exile System." 

As a. Avriter he has attained a hich rank and as a 



76 The Kennan Family, 

lecturer he is among the most popular. In 1902, 
after the great eruption of Mont Pelee, whereby the city 
of St. Pierre was destroyed and 30,000 people lost their 
lives, Mr. Kennan went there and was the first man to 
make the ascent of the volcano. He scaled it to the 
top or to the main crater and walked down the track of 
the volcanic hurricane, through the Eozelane Valley, 
from the Grande Reduit to the sea. He studied the 
situation and wrote a vivid description of the terrible 
catastrophe. 

When the war broke out between Japan and Russia 
he was employed by the Outlook Company as its war 
correspondent and he went to Japan and from there to 
the headquarters of the Japanese Army and was at the 
siege of Port Arthur and remained until the war was 
over. He then travelled extensively through China. 
Before that he had made a trip around the world. 

96. Harriet L. (Kennan) McWade, daughter of 
John and Mary Ann Kennan, was born at Norwalk, 
Ohio, Jan. 21, 1849. Married, Dec. 26, 1878, Fred. 
J. McWade, born March 12, 1847, at Oberlin, O. She 
is a member of Emmanuel church and belongs to the 
Civic club of Philadelphia and Current Events club 
of Holmesbury. He is a member of the CongTegational 
church. He has been in the employ of the Pennsylvania 
Railroad Co. for nearly tliirty years and is now General 
Baggage Agent for that road and its many branches. 
He enlisted at the age of sixteen and served the latter 
part of the Civil War in Ct)mpany K, 150 Penn. Regi- 
ment. 

123. Julia Alice Kennan, daughter of Jairus and 
Charlotte G. Kennan, was born in Korwalk, O., July 



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31, 1841. Married George Frederick Burton Sept. 
6, 1866. He was born Feb. 26, 1842. 

CHILDREN. ALL BORN IN SPRINGFIELD. 

1. Charlotte Kennan Burton, born Aug. 9, 1867. 

2. Curtis Johnson Burton, born Sept. 16, 18C9. 

3. Frederick Raymond Burton, born July 16, 1873. 

4. Lewis Sanford Burton, born March 26, 1875. 

5. Eloise Case Burton, born Feb. 1, 1880. Died 
Oct. 14, 1883. 

6. Ralph Webb Burton, born July 29, 1882. Died 
Dec. 22, 1882. 

124. Thomas William Kennan, son of Jairns and 
Charlotte G. Kennan, bom at Norwalk, O., Oct. 15, 
1843. Married Lucy Ann Smith at Seymour, Ind., Jan. 
11, 1869. Daughter of Samuel W. Smith of that place. 
She was born April 18, 1850. Both members of the 
congregational Church. His present place of residence 
is Hattiesburg, Miss. He is the Southern Manager 
of the American Car and Foundry Co. He was for 
many years engaged in the railroad business. Started 
while young as station agent and telegraph operator, 
and worked up until he became General Superintend- 
ent of a railroad. He belongs to the Masonic Fratern- 
ity and has taken many of the higher degrees and he also 
belongs to the Odd Fellows and Knights of Pytliias. 
Had one son, Jairus W. Kennan, born Sept. 10, 1873. 
Died March 16, 1890, at Xew Haven, Conn. 

125. Jairus Kennan, Jr., Son of Jairus and Char- 
lotte G. Kennan, bom Oct. 17, 1845. Died Mar. 11, 
1850. 

126. Cortland Latimer Kennan, son of Jairus and 
Charlotte G. Kennan, was born in Norwalk, O., on Dec 
29, 1847. Married first Lucy Eloise Case, May 5, 
1869. She was born May 16, 1846, and dioil, March 



78 The Kennan Family. 

17, 1894. She was a daughter of William and Lucy 
B. (Palmer) Case of i>forwalk. They were both mem- 
bers of the Presbyterian church. He married second, 
Mrs. Helen Louise McKerd, at Chicago, Oct. 15, 1904j 
daughter of Milo Hill Thomas of Oberlin, Ohio. 

Col. Kennan received his education in the common 
schools of ISTorwalk, and graduated from the high school 
at the age of fifteen and then attended Western Eeserve 
College at Hudson, O., four years, and graduated in 
June, 1867. He studied law and was admitted to the bar 
in 1869, and has been practicing law in E'orwalk ever 
since except during the time he was in the military ser- 
vice. He enlisted as a private in Co. G, 16th Eegiment, 
of Ohio Infantry, Aug 6, 1877. Was promoted to 1st 
Sergeant, Aug. 9, 1877, to 2nd Lieut. May 1, 1879, to 
1st Lieut. May 13, 1882, and to Captain Dec. 30, 1885. 
His company was transferred to the 5th Regiment, May 
11, 1887. He was promoted and became Lieut. Colonel 
of the 5th Regiment Oct. 10, 1889, and Colonel April 
19, 1893. Re-commissioned April 2, 1898, mustered 
out with Regiment Dec. 28, 1899. He received a com- 
mission as Aide on the Military Staff of Governor 
Foraker, Jan. 1, 1886, with the rank of Colonel. Was 
enrolled with his Regiment in the Spanish American 
War in April, 1898, as Colonel of 5th Regiment of 
Ohio, Vol. Infantry, but his Regiment did not succeed 
in getting to the front. 

CHILDKEN BY FIRST WIFE. 

1. Francis Vail Kennan, born at Norwalk, Dec. 
13, 1870. 

2. Robert Case Kennan, born at Norwalk, April 
5, 1872. 

3. Edith Gardiner Kennan, born May 24, 1878. 
Died July 23, 1892, at Norwalk. 



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4. Alice Belle Kennan, born Sept. 11, 1880. 

5. Howard Blair Kennan, born July 18, 1833. 
Died at Norwalk, Aug. 15, 1892. 

127. Jairus Raymond Kennan, son of Jairus and 
Charlotte G. Kennan, was bom at Nonvalk, July 
17, 1850. Married Cora Eliza Pickard May 1, 1882, 
born March 3, 1860, at Venice, Cayuga County, N. Y. 
She was the daughter of James H. and Anna Maria 
Pickard. He has for many years been principal of the 
Schools in Medina, O., and has held the office of County 
Examiner twenty years. Is a Deacon in the Congrega- 
tional church, an Odd Fellow and a Mason. 

CHILDEEN. 

1. Ruth Richmond Kennan, bom at Norwalk. 
O., March 14, 1884. 

2. Edward Raymond Kennan, bom at Medina. 
O., July 19, 1890. 

12'8. Henry Lawrence Kellogg Kennan, son of 
Jairus and Charlotte G. Kennan, was bom in I^orwalk, 
C, April 11, 1852. Married Fannie Amelia An- 
thony, born 15th June, 1855, at Sandusky, O., daughter 
of Lorenzo D. and Martha (McDowell) Anthony. He 
received a good common school education in Norwalk 
and graduated from the high school in 1869, and then 
took a regular four year course in Western Reserve Col- 
lege, (now the Adelbert College of Western Reserve 
University in Cleveland) and graduated in 1873, and 
received the degree of A.B. and in 1875 the degree 
of A.M., then studied law and was admitted to the 
bar in 1875, and entered upon the practice of his 
profession in Nor^valk. Was Probate Judge of Huron 
County from 1882 until 1891. He enlisted in the 
Ohio mtional Guard on Aug 6, 1877. Was made 
Corporal Nov. 20, 1878, Sergeant May 15, 1879, Ser- 



80 The Kennan Family. 

geant Major Sept 5, 1885, 2iid Lieut. March 15, 1886, 
1st Lieut. Feb. 8, 1889, Captain Nov. 14, 1889, and 
resigned Aug., 1891, when he removed from Norwalk 
to Spokane, Washington. He commenced the practice 
of law there and in 1902 was elected Judge of the 
Superior Court and in 1904 was re-elected for the term 
of four jears. He is a thirty-second degree Scottish 
Rite Mason and a jjast officer in all the subordinate 
bodies and a P. G. in the Council. 

CHILDREN. 

1. Alice A. Kennan, born April 11, 1878, at Nor- 
walk, O. Died same day. 

2. Ralph Anthony Kennan, born May 29, 1879, at 
Norwalk, O. 

3. Alga Aurilla Kennan, born April 21, 1882, at 
Norwalk, O. 

4. Pauline Hortense Kennan, born July 2, 1883. 
Died Nov. 22, 1884. 

129. Asa Brainard Kennan, son of Jairus and 
Charlotte G. Kennan was born at Norwalk, 0., Aug. 
1, 1853. Married Dec. 8, 1887, at Grand Rapids, 
Mich., to Lilla Hill Sligh, born Feb., 1868, at Detroit, 
daughter of James M. and Sarah E. Sligh. Both are 
members of the Presbyterian church. He is chief 
clerk in U. S. Engineer's Office in Newport, R. I. 

CHILDREN, 

1. Daughter, bom Sept. 18, 1888. Died same day. 

2. Asa Brainard Kennan, born Feb. 18, 1891, at 
Wyoming, O. Died June 25, 1895. 

3. Katherine Kennan, born March 23, 1894. 

4. Eugenia Kennan, born Nov. 4, 1902, at New- 
port. 

130. John Gardiner Kennan, son of Jairus and 
Charlotte G. Kennan, born Oct. 8, 1857. Died at 
Spring-field, O. Married Nov. 7, 1889, to Elsie Belle 



The Kennan Family. 81 

Lenhoart, bom July 10, 1867. He received a common 
school education in Norwalk and gi-aduated from the 
high school. He subsequently attended Western Re- 
serve College and after graduating there begun the study 
of medicine. Having completed the course at the medi- 
cal college, he built up a large practice as a doctor in 
Springfield, O. He was a young man who was highly 
esteemed by all who knew him. Like his brothers Cort- 
land and Henry he took a great interest in military 
affairs and at the time of his death he was Major of a 
regiment of the Ohio National Guard. 

CHILDBEN. 

1. Isabella Kennan, born July 21, 1892. 

2. John Gardiner Kennan, born Aug. 9, 1894. 

3. Lucile Burton Kennan, born June 12, 1897. 



82 The Ken nan' Family, 



CHAPTER V. 



Mary (TuUar) Kennan was a lineal descendant of 
John Tullar, the American ancestor of the Tullar fam- 
ily in the United States, as follows: 

231. John Tullae was married first at Simsbury, 
Conn., in 1684, to Elizabeth (Case) Lewis of Simsbury, 
widow of Joseph Lewis. The record of this marriage 
is the earliest information we have of John Tullar. 
The place of his birth and nativity is unknown. He 
was bom in 1642 and died at Simsbury in 1742, aged 
one hundred years. His first wife died Oct. 9, 1718. 
He was one of the founders of the church in Simsbury, 
iN'ov. 10, 1697. After the death of his first wife he 
married, second, Hannah Slowman. Elizabeth Case, 
his first wife, was a daughter of John Case formerly 
of Windsor, Mass., but he removed from there to Sims- 
bury. She married first Joseph Lewis in 1674, and 
had three children by him. Mr. Lewis died in 1680, 
and in 1684, she married the above mentioned John 
Tullar, and had six children by him, all bom in Sims- 
bury, as follows: 

CHILDREN. 

1. Sarah Tullar, born Aug. 4, 1685. 

2. William Tullar, born June 10, 1687. ; 

3. Samuel Tullar, bom , 1689. •■ > 

4. Mary Tullar, born Nov. 27, 1692. *■ 



The Kennan Family. 83 

5. Jacob Tullar. born May 22, 1694. 

6. Mabel Tullar, bom Feb. 22, 1699. 

232. William Tullar, son of John and Elizabeth 
Tullar, married Damaris Cornish, April 12, 1711, 
and had, 

CHILDREN. 

1. James Tullar, born . He married Jemima 

Segar, Feb. 20, 1734. 

2. John L. Tullar. 

3. Daniel Tullar, born March 13, 1723. 

4. Elizabeth Tullar. 

5. David Tullar, born . 

6. William Tullar, Jr., born July 11, 1732. Mar- 
ried Mary Matton, Feb., 1757. 

7. Hannah Tullar. 

233. Jacob Tullar, son of John and Elizabeth 
Tullar, born May 22, 1694, married Mary Moses, 
Jan. 27, 1721, at Simsbury, Conn. 

CHILDREN. 

1. Mary Tullar, born Jan. 10, 1723. 

2. Jacob Tullar, Jr., born Aug. 18, 1724. 

3. Elijah Tullar, bom Feb. 2, 1726. 

4. Sarah Tullar, bora Aug. 13, 1727. 

234. Tullar, son of — — Tullar was born at 

Simsbury, Conn., on the day of 17 — . He 

married on the day of 17 — . 

I have not been able to learn much about the above 
mentioned Tullar, but think he was a son of either the 
above mentioned Daniel, or David. 

235. They had a son named Reuben Tullar, born at 

Simsbury, Conn, on the day of 17 — . He 

served in the Eevolutionary war under Capt. Lemuel 
Roberts in the 18th Regiment of State Militia of Conn. 
He arrived with his company in New York, Aug. 
24, 1776, and was honorably discharged, Sept. 7, 



84 The Kennan Family. 

1776. He enlisted again, April 24, 1778, and served 
in Gapt. Judd's Company until he was honorably dis- 
charged, Dec. 31, 1778. Some time after the war 
he removed from Simsbury to St. Albans, Vermont. 
He married Mary and had, — 

CHILDREN. 

236—1. Reuben Tullar, Jr., born at Simsbury, Feb. 

20, 1771. 
237—2. Oman Tullar, born at Simsbury, Feb. 5, 

1775. 
238—3. Chester Tullar, bom at Simsbury, Jan. 25, 
1777. Died at Vinland, Wisconsin, June 10, 
1858. 
Capt. Chester Tullar, son of Keuben and Mary 
Tullar was married in 1800 to Eudotia Cooke, bom at 
St. Albans, in 1781. He moved from St. Albans 
to the State of New York and located at Bangor in 
Pranklin Cbomty. In 1811 he was First Lieutenant in 
Rufus Tilden's Company in Franklin County, the Regi- 
ment being commanded by Lieut. Durand. About 1812 
he was promoted to a captaincy in the 66th I^ew York 
Regiment. Alvin Mann being Lieut. Colonel. I do 
not think his regiment was called into service in the 
war of 1812, but he told me the British impressed him 
with his team to help haul away their supplies from 
Plattsburg. He was a man of fine natural abilities, but 
never had the advantages of a liberal education. He 
was a farmer. He moved to Black Lake, St. Lawrence 
County, N. Y., and engaged in farming there. His 
wife died there on Oct. 29, 1834. After the death of 
his wife he lived with his children, and about 1850 
came to Wisconsin and lived with his son Franklin, in 
Winnebago County. He died, June 10, 1858, and 




Capt. Chestkk TULr.AR 



The Kennan Family. 85 

was buried in the cemetery at Vinland. His children 
by his wife Eiidotia (Cooke) Tullar were: 

1. Mary Tullar, born at St. Albans, Vt., June 
8, 1801. Married George Kennan, as here- 
tofore mentioned. 

239 — 2. Rebecca Tullar, born . Married Gard- 
ner Meigs. 

240 — 3. Martha Tullar, born . Married John 

Watson. 

241 — 4. Eveline Tullar, born Jan. 22, 1807. Mar- 
ried Titus H. Coates. 

242 — 5. Eliza Tullar, born . Married H. Buck. 

243 — 6. Sidney B. Tullar, born Aug. 22, 1814. Mar- 
ried Ruth Bromaghim in 1835. He died at 
East Troy, Wis., Aug. 17, 1896. She died 
there — — , 18 — . Mr. Tullar received a com- 
mission as First Lieutenant and served in 
the 16th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteers 
in the Civil War. 

235—7. Chester C. Tullar, born . Died at Har- 
vard, Nebraska, July 18, 1901. 

236—8. Franklin S. Tullar, born July 8, 1822. Mar- 
ried Elizabeth Snyder. Died at Neenah. 

237—9. Harriet Tullar, bom July 10, 1820. Mar- 
ried Richard De Long in Morristown, Jan. 
21, 1837. 

238 — 10. Emily Tullar, born at Morristown, , 

182 — . Died at Neenah, Wisconsin, . 

She was married to John B. Russell, . 

The Tullar family rendered valuable service to their 
country and did their share toward achieving our inde- 
pendence. Twelve of the descendants of John and 
Elizabeth Tullar enlisted and served in the Revolution- 
ary war and it affords me pleasure to help perpetuate 
their honored memory by giving their names in this 
place. 

I have already mentioned the services of my great- 
grandfather Reuben Tnllav. 



86 The Kennan Family. 

Samuel, Tullar served in Capt. John Brown's 
company in the 18th Eegiment of Connecticut In- 
fantry. 

Elli Tullar was a corporal and served in Capt. 
Eoberts company and was promoted to Sergeant Sept. 
13, 1776. 

Dayton Tullar enlisted on May 18, 1775, and 
served in the 18th Eegiment, Connecticut Infantry. 

Jacob Tullar enlisted July 6, 1775, and served 
in Capt. Eli Humphrey's company, in the 8th Connecti- 
cut Eegiment. 

John D. Tullar enlisted June 21, 1776, and served 
in Capt. Abel's company in Bradley's Battallion. 

Joseph Tullar enlisted July 15, 1780, and served 
in the second Connecticut Eegiment. 

Isaac T^jllar was ensign in the Second Connecti- 
cut Eegiment, and died in the army in 1776. The 
following also enlisted and served but I am not able to 
state in which Eegiment they served, to-wit : 

Abraham Tullar, Elisha Tullar, Israel Tullar and 
Eufus Tullar. 




LoA (Brown) Kennan in IS;")! 



The Kennan Family. 87 



CHAPTER VI. 



P^iitgr^^ of ICna Iruuin 

Patrrital ICutF 

230. Thomas Browjst^ Jr., was born in the year 
1628. He married Mary Newhall who was bom in the 
year 1637. She was the youngest child of Thomas and 
Mary Newhall of Lynn, Mass. It is said that Thomas 
Brown, Sr. and his wife were of English origin, but 
the place of their nativity is unknown. They had a 
large family of children and among them a son named, 

240. John Brown, born about the year 1664, at 
Lynn, Mass., being the seventh child of the above men- 
tioned parents. After coming to manhood he went to 
Stonington, Connecticut, and there in the year 1692, 
married Elizabeth Miner, daughter of Ephraim and 
Hannah (Avery) Miner. They had a family of ten 
children, the sixth being a son named, 

241. IcHABOD Brown, born at Stonington, Con- 
necticut, March 12, 1704. He married Sarah Chap- 
man at Stonington, May 30, 1731. They had a family 
of nine children, the third being a son named, 

242. Stephen Brown, born June 22, 1736. He 
married Abigail Palmer, Xov. 2, 1758, at Stonington. 
She was born May 11, 1736, and was a daughter of 
John and Dorothy (Noye?) Palmer. They had a family 
of ten children, the ninth being a son named, 



88 The Kennan Family. 

243. Jedediak Brown, born at Stonington May 
21, 1773. His death, which was due to an acci- 
dent, occurred at Borodino, IST. Y., July 28, 1836. 
He married first Lucy Andrews, Dec. 27, 1795, and 
had a large number of children by her. She died 
Feb. 28, 1823, and Jan. 5, 1825, he married, second, 
Eunice Branch, at Sempronius, E". Y., a daughter of 
Walter and Eunice (Shaw) Branch, born at Stonington, 
Conn., June 22, 1788. Jedediah Brown was a farmer 
and owned a good farm at Borrodino. He had three 
daughters by his second wife. They were: 

1. Jane Brown, born at Borodino, Jan. 19, 1826. 

2. Hiildah Brown, born at Borodino, July 14, 1827. 

3. Loa Brown, born at Borodino, Dec. 18, 1829. 
Married Thomas Lathrop Kennan. 

244. Elizabeth Miner, above mentioned, as hav- 
ing married John Brown, Tvas born April, 1674, and 
married John Brown as above stated, in 1692. The 
surname Miner is said to have originated in England 
during the reign of King Edward the Tliird, who was 
crowned Feb. 1, 1327, and reigned fifty years. When 
the King was raising an army to go to war with 
France, a man by the name of Bullman, raised, at his 
own expense, one hundred men and armed them with 
battle axes, and enlisted with them in the King's service, 
which so pleased the King, that he granted him a coat- 
of-Arms with the name of Henry Miner inscribed there^ -' 
on, in recognition of his loyalty and valuable services. • 
This Henry Miner, who' was so named by King Edward, 
the Third, was one of the ancestors of Loa. Brown as will 
be seen by tlie following line of descent. 

245. Henry Miner, died in Eiigland in 1359, 
leaving four sons, Henry Miner, Jr., Edward, Thomas 
and George. 



The Kennan Family. 89 

246. Henky Miner, Jr., married Henrietta 
Hicks, and thej had a son named, 

247. William Miner, who married a Miss Hobbs, 
and thej had sons, Thomas and George. Their ?on 

248. Thomas Miner, married a Miss Greasley and 
thej had a son named, 

249. LoDowicK Miner, who married Anna Dyer, 
iind thej had a son named, 

250. Thomas Miner, born in 1436, who married 
Bridget Hervie, the second daughter of Sir Gwrge 
Hervie. Thej had a son named, 

251. William Miner, who married Isabella Har- 
cope. 

William Miner and Isabella (Harcope) Miner, had 
a son named, 

252. Clement Miner, who married Sarah Pope, 
and thej had a son named, 

253. Thomas Miner, bom in England, April 
23, 1608. He came to America and on April 23, 1634, 
married Grace Palmer, born in England about 1608. 
She was a daughter of Walter Palmer who came from 
England to America and located at Charlesto^vn, Mass. 
Thomas Miner had a commission as Lieutenant and 
served in the Colonial wars. 

This Lieutenant Thomas Miner, had bj his wife, 
Grace Palmer, ten children, the fourth being a son 
named, 

254. Ephraim Miner, born at Hingham, Mass., 
on Maj 1, 1642. He served in King Phillips war. 
He married on June 20, 1666, Hannah Averj, born 
Oct. 11, 1644, a daughter of Capt. James Avery. He 
had thirteen children bj his wife Hannah Averj, the 
seventh being a daugliter named, 



90 The Kennan Family. 

Elizabeth Miner, bom April 1674, who married,. 

John Brown, in the year 1692. They had a son, 

IcHABOD Brown^ bom March 12, 1704, who married 
Sarah Chapman, of Stonington, Conn., and had, 

Stephen Brown, born June 22, 1736, who married, 
Abigail Palmer, of Stonington, on ISTov. 2, 1758. They 
had ten children, the ninth being a son, 

Jedediah Brown, born at Stonington on May 21,, 

1773, who married on Jan. 5, 1825, Eunice Branch, 

and they had a daughter, 

Loa Brown, bora at Borodino, N. Y., on Dec. 18,. 

1829, who married Thomas L. Kennan.* 

255. Sarah Chapman, mentioned above as having 
married Ichabod Brown (No. 241) was born at Ston- 
ington, Coim., ISTov. 25, 1710. She was a daughter 
of John and Sarah (Brown) Chapman. 



♦President Ulysses S. Grant was a lineal descendant of 
the above mentioned Thomas Miner, and his wife, Grace Pal- 
mer, as will be seen by the following line of descent. 

THOMAS MINER, had by his wife, Grace Palmer, a son,. 

John Miner, born in 1636. He married Elizabeth Booth, 
Oct. 14, 1658, and they had a daughter, 

Grace Miner, born Sept. 20, 1669. She married Samuel 
Grant, April 11, 1688. They had a son, 

Noah Grant, born Dec. 16, 1693. He married Martha 
Huntington, June 12, 1717. They had a son, 

Noah Grant, Jr., born July 12, 1718. He married Susannah 
Delano, Nov. 5, 1746. They had a son, 

Noah Grant, 3rd, born June 20, 1748. He married Rachel 
Kelly, March 4, 1792. They had a son, 

Jesse Grant, born Jan. 23, 1794. He married Hannah 
Simpson, June 24, 1821, and they had a son, 

Ulysses S. Grant, born April 27, 1822, who became the 
greatest general of modern times. The above shows that 
President Grant and Loa Brown were distant cousins. 



The Kennan Family. 91 

256. John Chapman, Jr., married Sarah Brown 
Eeb. 16, ,1710. He was a son of John Chapman, Sr., 
by his wife Joanna Sumner. They were married in 
England, and resided about fifty miles from London. 

257. Abigall Palmee, mentioned above as having 
married Stephen Brown was bom at Stonington, Conn., 
May 11, 1736. She was the grandmother of Loa 
Brown, and was a lineal descendant of Walter Palmer, 
the American ancestor of this branch of the Palmer 
family, as follows: 

258. Walter Palmer, was born in London, Eng- 
land, in 1585. He came to America about 1628 and 
located first in Salem, Mass. 'Not being satisfied to 
remain in Salem he and nine others started out and 
travelled through a pathless wilderness to a place 
called by the Indians, Mishawam. They remained there 
until the next year, when about one hundred new set- 
tlers came from Salem and located there. They then 
organized a town and called it Charlestown in honor of 
King Charles the First, and Walter Palmer built the 
first house in the new town. He afterwards became a 
prominent man in Massaehussetts. He was elected to 
the General Court and held many other offices. In 
1649 he removed with his family to the new town of 
Stonington and became one of its earliest settlers. He 
died there on Nov. 10, 1661. He raised a large family 
of children by his wife Kebecca (Short) Palmer, the 
tenth being a son, 

259. Moses Palmer, born in Charlestown, Mass., 
April 6, 1640. He went with his father's family 
when they moved from Charlestown to Stonington, 
Conn. He there married in 1672, Dorothy Gilbert, a 
daughter of John and Amy (Lord) Gilbert. It is stated 



92 The Kennan Family. 

by Mr. Wheeler, in his history of Stonington, that Doro- 
thy Gilbert "was a direct descendant of William the 
Conqueror" who became King of England in 1066. If 
that is SO', then Leo Brown was of royal descent. 

260. John Palmer, son of Moses and Dorothy 
(Gilbert) Palmer was born Dec. 2, 1677. He married 
first, Ann Chesebrough and after her death mar- 
ried, second, Dorothy Noyes, Dec. 26, 1728. They had a 
family of seven children, the fifth being the above men- 
tioned Abigail Palmer. 

261. Aymie Lord, was a daughter of Thomas Lord 
of Hartford, by his wife, Dorothy. She married Capt. 
John Gilbert May 6, 1647, and it was their daughter 
Dorothy, who married Moses Palmer. 

Thomas Lord was born and married in Essex 
County, England, and he was fifty years old and his 
wife forty-six when they came to America. He was the 
ancestor of all the Lords of Connecticut. Aymie (Lord) 
Gilbert died Jan. 28, 1691. Capt. John Gilbert died 
Dec. 29, 1690. 

262. Thomas Lord, with his wife and seven child- 
ren, came over from England in the ship "Elizabeth 
and Ann" April 29, 1635. The names of their children 
were : Thomas, William, John, Robert, Aymie and Dor- 
othy, the eldest being sixteen and the youngest four 
years old. 

The name of Gilbert is eminent in the annals of 
church, state and learning through several centuries in 
England. The principal home of the Gilbert family 
was in Devonshire. The Gilberts were of knightly rank 
and their ancient seat is described as pleasantly situated 
with a most delightful prospect. 



The Kennan Family. 93 

Thus far I have been giving the line of descent of 
Loa (Brown) Kennan through her father Jodediah 
Brown. I will now proceed to give her line of descent 
through her mother, Eunice Branch, who, I have already 
stated, married Jedediah Brown 25th Jan., 1825. 

263. Eunice (Branch) Brown was a daughter of 
Walter and Eiunice (Shaw) Branch and was born 22nd 
June, 1788, and died at Fairfield, Ohio, 8th Nov., 1874. 
She was a member of the Baptist Church and was very 
conscientious in the performance of all religious duties. 

264. Walter Branch, her father, was born Nov. 14, 
1757, at Preston, Conn., and was a son of Samuel and 
Hannah (Witter) Branch. He married Eunice Shaw 
of Stephentown, Renssilaer Co., N. Y., in 1784. 

265. His father, Samuel Branch Jr.. was born 
26th Aug., 1729, in Preston, Cbnn. He was a son of 
Samuel and Annie (Lamb) Branch. He married Han- 
nah Witter at Preston, Conn., 17th March, 1752. 

266. His father Samuel Branch, Sr., was born 3rd 
Sept., 1701, in Preston, Conn. He was a son of Peter 
and Hannah (Lincoln) Branch. He married x\nnie 
Lamb of Stonington, Conn., 23rd May, 1728. She died 
15th Feb., 1773. 

267. His father, Peter Branch, was bom in 1659, 
in Marshfield, Mass., and he was a son of John and 
Mary (Speed) Branch. He married Hannah Lincoln 
of Taunton, Mass., about 1684. They moved from 
Marshfield, Mass., to Norwich, Conn., in 1680, and 
from Norwich to Preston, Conn., about 1683. He was 
a fanner. He died 27th Dec. 1713, at Preston, Conn, 

His wife, Hannah Lincoln, was bom 15th March, 
1663. She died 16th Jan., 1732. 

268. John Branch, the father of Peter Branch, 



94 The Kennan Family. 

■was born about 1628, in Holden, Kent County, England, 
and he was a son of Peter and Elizabeth (Gillan) 
Branch. He married Mary Speed of Marshfield, Mass., 
16th Dec, 1652. They emigrated from Holden, Eng- 
land, to Scituate, Mass., probably in 1638, and moved 
from Scituate to Marshfield, Mass. He died at Marsh- 
field 17th Aug., 1711. They had a son named John, 
who was killed in King Phillip's War in 1676. 

269. Peter Branch, the father of John Branch, was 
born in England (date unknown). He married Eliza- 
beth Gillan of Holden, Kent County, England, 14th 
Jan. 1623. They left England for America in June 
1638. He died on shipboard. 

270. Hannah Witter, the wife of Samuel Branch 
heretofore mentioned, was born Oct. 8th, 1730, and was 
married to Samuel Branch 17th March, 1752. She was 
the daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Gore) Witter. 

271. Her father, Joseph Witter, was born 12tli 
June, 1698, at Stonington, Conn. He married Eliza- 
beth Gore 13th Aug. 1722. He was by occupation a 
farmer. He was a son of Ebenezer and Sarah (Tefft) 
Witter. 

272. Ebenezer Witter, was born 25th March, 1668, 
in Westerly, E. I. He married first Sarah Teflft of 
Westerly, and after her death married second Dorothy 
Morgan of ISTorwich, Conn., 5th May, 1693. They re- 
moved from Westerly, R. I., to Connecticut in 1692. He 
was by occupation a lumberman. He died 31st Jan. 
1712. 

273. Dorothy Morgan, his second wife, was born 
29th Feb., 1676. 

274. Josiah Witter, the father of the above men- 
tioned Ebenezer Witter, was born in England. He was 



The Kennan Family. 95 

a son of William Witter. He married Elizabeth Whee- 
ler, of Lynn, Mass., 25th February, 1662, and after her 
death married second Sarah Crandall of Westerly, R, I. 
about 1676. They removed from Lynn, Mass., to Sto- 
nington, Conn., about 1664. His first wife died in 
1672. His father E.benezer Witter, built a sawmill at 
Preston in 1692 and he taught school at Norwich for 
a time. 

275. William Witter, the father of Josiah Witter, 

was born in England in 1584. He married Annie . 

Emigrated from England to Lynn, Mass., some time \ 

before 1651. Died at Swampscott, Mass., in 1657. 

276. Hannah Lincoln, who married Peter Branch 
above mentioned, was bom 15th March, 1663. She was 
a daughter of Thomas and Mary (Austin) Lincoln. 

277. Thomas Lincoln, was bom in Hingham about 
1637. He married Mary Austin. He was by occupa- 
tion a farmer. He was a son of Thomas and Elizabeth 
(Street) Lincoln. 

278. Thomas Lincoln, Sr., (father of the last men- 
tioned Thomas) was born in England about 1603. He 
was a son of Samuel Lincoln and married Elizabeth 
Street of Taunton, Mass., 10th Dec. 1665, Elizabeth 
Street being his second wife. He emigrated from Eng- 
land, to Hingham, Mass., in 1635. Their children 
were : 

1. Thomas Lincoln, born Feb. 16, 1637. 

2. John Lincoln, born (date unknown). 

3. Samuel Lincoln, born Feb., 1638. 

4. Mary Lincoln, bom Oct. 6, 1642. 

5. Sarah Lincoln, born Dec, 1645. 

Thomas Lincoln was a miller by trade and built a 
mill in which the three commissioners from Boston met 
King Philip, and demanded of him an oxplnn:Uion of 



96 The Kennan Family. 

his warlike maneuvers, which seemed contrary to his 
agreement with the white people made in 1675. 

President Abraham Lincoln was a descendant of 
that family of Lincolns who came from England and lo- 
cated at Hingham, Mass., in 1635. 

279. Elizabeth Gore mentioned above as having 
married Joseph Witter, was born 12th Jan., 1704, and 
married Joseph Witter, 13th Aug., 1722. She was the 
daughter of Samuel Gore and Hannah (Draper) Gore. 

280. Samuel Gore, Jr., was born Oct. 20th 1681, 
in Eoxbury, Mass., and was a son of Samuel and Eliza- 
beth (Weld) Gore. He married Hannah Draper of 
Roxbury, Mass., about 1703. Removed from there to 
Norwich, Conn., in 1714. He was a farmer. He died 
8th Apr., 1786, at Roxbury, Mass. His wife died July 
11th, 1741. 

281. Samuel Gore, Sr., was born about 1652 in 
Roxbury, Mass., and was a son of John and Rhoda 
Gore. He married Elizabeth Weld 28th Aug., 1672. 
He died in Roxbury, 4th July, 1692. He was by trade 
a carpenter. 

282. John Gore was born in England and emi- 
grated from there to Roxbury, Mass., in 1635, having 
married before leaving England. He died at Roxbury, 
2nct June, 1657.* 

283. Dorothy Morgan mentioned above as having 
married Ebenezer Witter was born 29th February, 1676, 



*Christopher Gore, Governor of Massachusetts from 1809 
to 1810, was a son of John Gore, who was a son of Obadiah 
Gore, and Obadiah was a son of Samuel Gore. Daniel Web- 
ster studied law in the office of Christopher Gore in Boston 
from 1804 to March, 1805. 



The Kennan Family. 97 

and was a daughter of Joseph and Dorothy (Parke) 
Morgan. 

284. Joseph Morgan (her father) was bom 29th 
Nov. 1646, in ISTew London, Conn., and was a son of 
James and Margery (Hill) Morgan. He was married 
to Dorothy Parke of ISTew London in April, 1670. Re- 
moved from ISTew London to Preston, Conn. Died there 
5th April, 1704. They raised a family of ten children. 

285. James Morgan was born in England and emi- 
grated to America in 1640. He married Margery Hill 
of Roxbiiry, Mass., 6th Aug., 1640. He removed from 
Roxbury to Boston and from there to !N^ew London, 
Conn., in 1643 and died in 1685. 

286. Elizabeth Wheeler mentioned above as hav- 
ing married Joseph Witter on the 25th of February, 
1662, was a daughter of Thomas and Mai-y Wheeler. 

287. Her father, Thomas Wheeler, was bora in 
England, in 1602. He was a farmer. He was a very 
prominent man in Stonington and one of the largest 
landholders there. 

288. Mary Austin, heretofore mentioned as having 
married Thomas Lincoln about 1651, was a daughter of 
Jonas and Constance Austin. 

289. Her father, Jonas Austin, was born in Kent 
County, England, and emigrated from there to Cam- 
bridge, Mass., in 1635. Removed from there to Taun- 
ton, Mass., some time prior to 1643. Died there in 
1683. 

290. Hannah Draper, heretofore mentioned as hav- 
ing married Samuel Gore, was born 8th April, 1686, 
and died 11th July, 1741. She was the daughter of 
Moses and Hannah (Chandler) Draper. 



98 The Kennan Family. 

291. Her father, Moses Draper, was bom 26th 
Sept. 1663, in Roxbury, Mass., and was a son of James 
and Miriam (Stanfield) Draper. He was married to 
Hannah Chandler of Roxbury, 7th July, 1685. He was 
by occupation a blacksmith. He died 14th Aug., 1693, 
at Roxbury. 

292. James Draper was bom in 1618 at Hepstons- 
tall, England. Was a son of Thomas Draper. He mar- 
rier Miriam Stanfield 21st Aug., 1646. They emigrated 
from England to Roxbury, Mass., prior to 1646. Had 
a family of nine children. 

293. Elizabeth Weld, heretofore mentioned as hav- 
ing married Samuel Gk>re in 1672, was born 14th Nov. 
1655, and was the daughter of John and Margaret 
(Bowen) Weld. 

294. Her father, John Weld, was bom 28th Oct. 
1623, in England. Was a son of Joseph and Elizabeth 
Weld. He married Margaret Bowen of Roxbury, 24th 
December, 1647, having emigrated from England to 
America prior to that time. He died 20th Sept., 1691, 
and his wife died 13th Sept. 1692. They had a family 
of nine children. 

295. His father, Joseph Weld, who was bom in 

England, married first Elizabeth in England. 

After her death married second Barbara Clapp, in 
1639. Elmigrated from England to Massachusetts prior 
to 1636. Died 8th Sept., 1646. He served a short time 
in King Phillip's War. 

296. Dorothy Parke, heretofore mentioned as hav- 
ing married Joseph Morgan in 1670, was born 6th 
March, 1652. Was a daughter of Thomas and Dorothy 
(Thompson) Parke. 

297. Tliomas Parke was born in England and was 



The Kennan Family. 99 

a son of Robert and Martha (Chaplain) Parke. He 
man-ied Dorothy Thompson and emigTated from Eng- 
land to Weathergfield and from there moved to Stoning- 
ton, Conn., and from there to New London and later 
to Preston in 1686. 

298. His father, Eobert Parke, was bom in Eng- 
land and married 1st Martha Chaplain of England and 
after her death married second Alice Thompson. He 
died in 'New London in 1665. He came to America 
with the Winthrop Fleet in 1630. Eeturned to England 
on business taking with him what is believed to have 
been the first Bill of Exchange ever negotiated between 
England and America. It is believed that the Parkes 
came from Preston, England, and that Preston, Conn., 
took its name from the town in England. 

299. Hannah Chandler, heretofore mentioned as 
having married Moses Draper in 1685, Avas born 18th 
Sept., 1669, and was a daughter of John and Elizabeth 
(Douglas) Chandler. 

300. John Chandler was a son of William and 
Annie (Alcott) Chandler. He was bom in England and 
married Elizabeth Donglas. Emigrated from England 
to America, settling at Eoxbury, Mass. Was a farmer. 
He was one of the founders of New Roxburv, Mass., 
which, about the time of the Revolution became a part of 
Connecticut. The name was soon after its founding 
changed to Woodstock. 

264. William Chandler was born in England and 
married Alice Alcott. Emigrated from England to 
Roxbury, Mass. 

301. Margaret Bowen mentioned above as having 
married John Weld in 1647, was a daughter of GritHth 
and Margaret Bowen, who emigrated from Wales to 



100 The Kennan Family. 

Roxbury, Mass. and went from Roxbury back to Wales 
in 1649. 

302. Elizabeth Douglas, heretofore mentioned as 
having married John Chandler in 1658, was born 26th 
Aug., 1641, at Woodstock, Mass. She was a daughter 
of William and Anna (Mattle) Douglas. 

303. William Douglas was bom in Scotland about 
1610 and married Anna Mattle of North Hampton, 
England. They emigrated from England to Ipswich, 
Mass. Moved from there to Boston and from Boston to 
New London. They had a family of five children. 



♦Senator Stephen A. Douglas was a direct descendant of 
the above mentioned William and Anna (Mattle) Douglas. 



The Kennan Family. 101 



CHAPTER VII. 



A brief summary of tlie line of descent of Sally 
Lathrop from Elder William Brewster, with a short 
sketch of the life of the latter was given in the forepart 
of this book. As she was a direct descendant of said 
William Brewster who came over to America wnth the 
Pilgrims, on the Mayflower, her descendants are entitled 
to join the Society of Mayflower Descendants and will 
no doubt be pleased to have her genealogy given more 
fully. 

304. Jonathan Brewster, son of William and Mary 
Brewster, was bom at Scrooby, England, on the 12th of 
August, 1593. He went to Holland with his father and 
the others who were forced to leave England on account 
of having separated from the English church ; He re- 
mained in Holland about twelve years and then emi- 
grated to America. He came over in the Fortune, and 
arrived on the 10th day of November, 1621. He was 
married to Lucretia Oldham, at Plymouth, on the 10th 
of April, 1624. He removed from Plymouth to Dux- 
bury, Mass., about 1630. He was elected a Deputy 
to the General Court of Plymouth Colony, in the years 
1639-41-43 and 44. He later moved from Diixbuvy 
to New London, Conn. He was Deputy to the General 
Court of the Colony of Connecticut in the years 1650- 
55-56-57 and 1658. He died on the 7th of Angnst 1659, 



102 The Kennan Family. 

and was buried in the old CenLetery on Brewster Plain, 
in the town of I^orwich, where, it is said, the foot stone 
which marked his grave is still standing. 

305. Lucretia Oldham, the wife of Jonathan Brew- 
ster, was born in England in the town of Darby and was 
one of that band of Pilgrims who came over to this 
country on the Mayflower. She died on the 4th of 
March,, 1678. In speaking of her, in her history of 
!N"ew London, Miss Caulkins says: "She was evidently 
a woman of note and respectability among her compeers" 
and says further that "she was one of the first band of 
Pilgrims that arrived on the Mayflower, Dec. 21, 1620, 
being a member of the family of Elder William BreAv- 
ster." Some authorities in giving a list of the passengers 
who came over on the Mayflower do not mention her 
name, but in the list given by Richard Henry Greene, 
Historian, of the Society of the Descendants of the 
Mayflower, in Vol. 1, Lucretia Oldham is mentioned as 
No. 3 in the family of Eider Brewster. Anne Arnoux 
Haxtun, the distinguished genealogist, in her "May- 
flower Compact" says the same. Her name is also men- 
tioned as one of the passengers in Shurtliff's list in the 
Historical and Genealogical Register. There is no dis- 
pute about the fact that she was bom in England, and 
was married in America in 1624, to Jonathan Brewster 
and there is no record that she came over in any other 
ship. Jonathan Brewster and his wife had several 
children and among them a daughter named 

306. Grace Brewster, who was bom at Duxbury, 
Mass., on the 1st day of l!^ovember, 1639, being the 7th 
f^hild born in that place. She died on the 22nd day of 



The Kennan Family. 103 

May, 1711. She was married on the 4th of August, 
1659, to 

307. Capt. Daniel Wetherell. He was born on 
the 29th of N'ov. 1630, in Maidstone, Kent, Enghmd. 
He died on the 14th day of April, 1719, in the 89th 
year of his age. He was a. son of William Wetherell. 
He lived in New London, Conn., and it is said of him 
that from 1680 tO' 1710 "he was the most prominent man 
in the town and filled many offices such as Town Clerk, 
Moderator, Justice, Judge of Probate, and Judge of 
the County Court. No man stood higher in point of 
talent and integrity." He held the appointment of 
Collector of the Port and was the last one to hold that 
office by colonial authority. 

Daniel Wetherell and Mr. Avei7 visited Uncas, a 
wary and powerful Indian chief to try to find out his 
intentions as to whether he proposed to become an ally 
of the French or of the English. This was on the 28th 
of June, 1675. They returned with apprehensions that 
Uncas intended to enter into league with King Philip. 
Capt. Wetherell immediately wrote to Gov. Wynthrt.p 
and in one of his letters said : ''We have reason to be- 
lieve that most of his men are gone that way, for he 
hath very few at home; 'tis certain he hath lately had 
great correspondence with Philip and many presents 
hath passed." On the 24th of Jime hostilities com- 
menced, several houses were burned by the Indians and 
a thrill of horror ran through the community. Cajit. 
Wetherell wrote urgently to Gov. Wynthrop on the 29ili 
and again on the 30th of June for assistance. In one of 
his letters to Gov. W}Tithrop he says, "It is reported that 
Philip is very near us and expects further assistance 
from Uncas. We have gi-eat reason to believe that Th<>ro 



10-1 The Kennan Family. 

is a universal combination of the Indians and fear you 
cannot aid us timely. We are calling in all outlivers, 
and shall, by God's assistance, do our best for our de- 
fense, but hope that your Honor with the rest of the 
Honorable Council, will dispatch present supplies for 
cur aid." 

The year 1675 brought with it the gloom and terror 
of an Indian war. The whole country was terror 
stricken with the news that a wide spread comlunation 
of Wampanoagas, E"arragansetts and other Indian tribes 
had been formed, with the desig-n and hope of exter- 
minating the white race from the land. The United 
(Colonists seemed to have been pervaded with ihc idea 
that a crisis in their existence had arrived Avhich de- 
manded bold and immediate measures. To meet this 
crisis they determined on a winter campaign, in which 
an overpowering force should be sent into the thickets of 
ISTarragansett, to attack the lion in his den. An army 
of one thousand men was raised from the several towns. 
Great exertions were made to raise the necessary amount 
of provisions and all the munitions of war. Mr. Wether- 
ell was the active magistrate, Joshua Raymond com- 
missary. Indians who were to act with the whites were 
fitted out with caps and stockings. The town was fur- 
nished with a quantity of powder, bullets and flints and 
a stand of arms. At length there was an impressment 
of beef, pork, corn and rum, horses and carts, and the 
ai-my started out on its expedition. These troops, 
forming a junction with the troops from the other colo- 
nies, were engaged in the fearful swamp fight at l^arra- 
gansett Dec. 19th, 1675. A complete victory was here 
attained over the savage foe, but at great expense of 
life on both sides. The number of Indians killed on 



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the side of the enemy was estimated at nearly one thuu- 
saud. Of the English army two hundred were killed 

2nd wounded. 

In the winter of 1675-6 another army was raised of 
one thousand men. In May tlie General Court at New 
London authorized the enlistment of three hundred and 
fifty men as a standing army. This force which was 
under command of Maj. Talcott was almost imme- 
diately ordered into the field. Mr. Wetherell and :Mr. 
iJouglas were the commissaries, and Kew Ivondon the 
depot for supplies. Capt. George Denison had com- 
mand of the company raised in New London. In April 
1685, Mr. Wetherell was one of the three judges on. the 
bench for trial of offences and several parties were tried 
and sentenced to be whipped and some "fined. In 1G98 
Mr. Wetherell seems to have been the presiding judge of 
the County Court for the trial of Kogers. 

308. Mary Wetheeell, daughter of Capt. Daniel 
and Grace (Brewster) Wetherell was born in New Lon- 
don on the 7th day of Oct. 1668. She married first 
Thomas Han-is who died in Barbadoes ou the 9th June, 
1691. He left an estate valued at 927 pounds. In 1694 
she married for her second husband George Denison, a 
lawyer in New London. He was bom at Stonington, 
Conn., on the 28th of March, 1671. He was the son of 
John Denison who married Phoebe Lay of Saybrook and 
was a grandson of Capt. George Denison of Stonington 
and Ann (Borrodell) Denison. 

He graduated from Harvard College in 1693. His 
wife died at New London on the 22nd of May, 1711, 
and he died on the 20th of Jan. 1720. They had a 
daughter named 



106 The Kennan Family. 

309. Phoebe Denison^ born at ^ew London the 
3rcl day of March 1697. She was married to Gibson 
Harris on the 12th day of Jan. 1720. The marriage 
contract and settlement between her father, John Deni- 
son and Gibson Harris may still be seen on record at 
Saybrook. The father, John Denison, was a son of Capt, 
George Denison, ^vho was born in England in 1618, and 
died at Hartford, Conn., the 23rd day of October, 1694. 
He was the youngest son of William Denison, a gentle- 
man of means and education who was born at Stratford^. 
Hertfordshire, England in 1571. This traces this line 
of our ancestors back to that early date. Wm. Denison 
came to America in 1631 in the ship "Lion" bringing 
with him his wife, Margaret, and his sons, Daniel and 
George, and John Eliot (the Apostle to the Indians) as 
family tutor. Wm. Denison settled in Eoxbury, Mass., 
and became deacon of the first church organized in that 
town. 

Capt. George Denison lived with his father until 
1640, when he married Bridget Thompson, born 11th 
Sept. 1622, daughter of John Thompson, Gentleman, of 
Preston, Northhampton Shire, Eng. Capt. Denison's 
wife died in 1643 and shortly after her death he v.ent 
back to England and enlisted in a Kegiment of Horse 
under Cromwell in the army of Parliament, He won 
distinction for bravery in this sei-vice and was wounded 
at the battle of York. While sick with his wounds, he 
was taken, to the house of John Borrodell, whose daugh- 
ter Ann nursed him. He fell in love with Ann and when 
he recovered from his wounds, married her and taking 
his wife with him he returned to America. On arriving, 
he settled in Koxbury. Here he was chosen Captain, 
and is described as "A young soldier lately come out of 



The Kennan Familv. 107 

the wars of England." In 1651 he settled in New Loq- 
don and moved from there in 1G54 to Stonington where 
he became the leader of the settlement. He has been 
called the Miles Standish of the settlement, but he was a 
greater and more brilliant man than Miles Standish, 
and he was one of the ablest men in all the colonies for 
conducting a campaign against the Indians and for 
many years he was almost constantly engaged in fights 
and forays against them. It is said he was the most 
distingiiished soldier in Conn., in her early settlement 
next to Major John Mason. He was commissioned 
Lieutenant in October, 1G56, in Stonington, and Cap- 
tain of Volunteers in 1689. He held many important 
positions in the colony. In 1776 he was appointed Pro- 
vost Marshall and later was appointed a deputy of the 
General Court and while attending the General Court in 
1694 he died. He was one of the ancestors of Admiral 
George Dewey. 

310. John Borrodell, the father of Ann, was a 
native of Cork, Ireland, but during the commonwealth 
times he was living in England. It has been claimed 
that he was an Irish Lord, but that claim is only sup- 
ported by tradition. Ann Denison was always called 
Lady Anne, but whether from descent or from personal 
bearing and worth, is not known. 

311. Lieut. Gibson Harris who married Phoebe 
Denison, was born at New London, C6nn., on the 20th 
of April, 1694, and died at Norwich on the 18th day of 
February, 1761. He was the third son of Samuel 
Harris and Elizabeth (Gibson) Harris, and a grandson 
of Gabriel and Elizabeth (Ablwt) Harris, and a great- 
grandson of Walter Harris, who came to America from 
England in 1631 in the "William and Francis." It i^ 



108 The Kennan Family. 

said that the Harris family was composed for the most 
part of people of wealth and prominence. 

Gibson Harris received a commission as First Lieu- 
tenant of the Trainband in Xorwich in May, 1739. He 
settled on a farm in May 1726 at New Concord later 
called Bozrah. 

312. Samuel Harris, son of Gabriel Harris by hi& 
second wife, Elizabeth Abbot, was bom Jnly 14, 1666. 
He married Elizabeth Gibson Aug. 5th, 16 — . The first 
record of Walter Harris, the American ancestor, is found 
in a large volume of Vellum at the Rolls Office Chan- 
cery Lane, London. The title reads : '^A Book of Entry 
for Passengers by Ye Commission and Souldiers Pass- 
ing beyond the Seas." Among the list of names of the 
men who embarked for America w^ere the names of Wal- 
ter Harris and Edmond Wynslow afterwards famous in 
the history of the Massachusetts Colony. The ship 
''William and Francis" arrived at Boston upon the 5th 
of June, 1632. The Harris family settled at Wey- 
mouth, Mass., shortly after they reached this country. 
Walter acquired a large landed estate called the Harris 
estate to this day. While at Weymouth, he married 
Mary Fry. In 1649 he removed to Dbrchester and in 
1652 we find him in ISTew London. Walter Harris died 
on the 29th of January, 1656, and his widow survived 
him but three months. The will of Mary Harris is said 
to be one of the oldest extant in America. The will men- 
tions the two sons Gabriel and Thomas. Gabriel went to 
IN'ew London with his father and on March 1654 mar- 
ried Elizabeth Abbot at the town of Guilford. Early in 
the 3^ear a ship from England bound for New FTaven 
put in at New London for shelter and, anchored near the 
lonely dwelling of the Harris family, which stood upon 



The Kennan Family. 109 

the Riverside. Gabriel went off in his fishing boat and 
invited the immigrants to his father's house. The Avhole 
party accordingly landed, and a great part of the night 
was spent in feasting and hilarity. One of the immi- 
grants was a young woman, to whom Gabriel was so assi- 
duous and successful in his attentions, that when the 
paiiy returned to the vessel they were bethrothed lovers. 
Some, indeed relate that a clerg-yman or magistrate 
was present, and the young couple were actually mar- 
ried that night. But the more reliable tradition is to the 
effect that the immigrants went on their way, and the 
young man shortly afterwards rigged up and painted his 
father's pinnace and following the wake of the vessel 
through the Sound, came back merrily, bringing a bride 
and her household gear. 

313. Thomas Harris, who died in Barabadoes in 
1691, left quite an estate, and his only child, Mary, who 
was born in 1690, was regarded as the richest heiress in 
the settlement. She married in 1712 Walter Butler. 
Gabriel Harris lived near his father and died in 1684. 
He participated in the colonial wars against the Indians. 

Gibson and Phoebe (Denison) Harris, had a son 

named 

314. George Harris, bom at ISTew London, 21st of 
Aug. 1720. He died at Canaan, K. H., about 1791. 
He married Sarah Hubbard, a daughter of Isaac Hub- 
bard of Wyndsor, Conn., Aug. 15th, 1749. She died 

on the 8th of Dec. 1757. 

After the death of his first wife George Harris mar- 
ried Ann Lathrop Dec. 2, 1760. He removed from New 
London to Canaan in 1766, in company with Thomas 
Minor, Joshua Harris, John Scofield, Samuel Jones and 



110 The Kennan Family. 

Samuel Meacliem, all Connecticut men and the first 
settlers. They took up a large tract of land and or- 
ganized a town. George Harris was the leading man in 
the settlement and was for a number of years chosen se- 
lectman of the town. The Harris family have been pro- 
minent in that state for many years and they were evi- 
dently people of rank in England for the Coat of Arms 
of the family hung in the old homestead in America for 
more than a century. 

The above mentioned Sarah Hubbard was born at 
Norwich or Windsor about 1734. Her father Isaac 
Hubbard was commissioned Captain of the 7th Mili- 
tary Company in the town of Windsor about Oct., 1749. 
He was a son of John and Mary (Merriam) Hubbard. 
There were five Revolutionary War patriots in the 
family, namely: Isaac, Nehemiah, Jr., Elisha, David 
and Jacob Hubbard. George Harris died at Canaan 
about 1791. In his will he mentions Saeah as one of 
his daughters. The above metioned Sarah Hubbard was 
a descendant of George Hubbard of England, who mar- 
ried Mary Bishop. She died in Guilford, Conn., Sept. 
14, 1675. She was the daughter of John and Anna Bis- 
hop. Mr. Bishop first located at Wethersfield and then 
in 1639 removed to Guilford, Conn. He was one of the 
original proprietors of the town and died there in 1661. 

315. John Hubbard a son of George and Mary 
(Bishop) Hubbard was born in England about 1630 
and came tO' America with his parents in 1633. He 
married Mary Merriam about 1649. He lived in Hadley 
a number of years. He removed from there to Hatfield 
and died there at the house of his son Isaac in 1702. 

They had children, Mary, John, Hannali, Jonathan, 
Daniel, Mercy, Isaac^ and Sarah. 



The Kennan Family. Hi 

He owned what was known aa the "Hubbard Lots" 
or three mile lots bordering on the Connecticut Kiver at 
South Glastonbury. 

He left the lots to his son John^ who was born in 
Weathersfield, 12th of April, 1655. John added largely 
to his possession by the purchase of the George Wyllis 
tract of 185 acres. 

316. John Hd.bard (2nd) married Mary Wright, 
daughter of Thomas Wright, who lived on Wright's 
Island in the Connecticut River. He was a member 
of the Legislature from 1700 to 1724, their children 
were John, Isaac^ David, Ephraim and Sarah. Their 
son. Isaac was bom at Glastonbury in 1679. He re- 
ceived land from his father in 1725. He is supposed 
to have removed to Ellington, Ct., and died there. He 
married about the year 1700, Hannah Dickenson and 
had Isaac, bom 1701, and Hannah, born 1703. 

317. Isaac Hubbard, (2nd), son of Isaac and Han- 
nah (Dickenson) Hubbard, owned land in Glastonbury 
in 1736. He married Hannah Goodrich of Tolland, Ct., 
and had Isaac, (3rd) bom 1728, George, date of birth 
not known, Honore, bom 1734 and Sarah, born 1735 
and Hezekiah, born 1737. 

The above named Sarah Hubbard, daughter of Isaac 
and Hannah (Goodrich) Hubbard, man-ied George 
Harris as above stated, Aug. 15, 1749. 

CHILDREN BY THIS MARRIAGE WERE: 

48—1. Lucy, bom Dec. 18, 1751. Married George 

Walworth. 
49 — 2. Joshua, bom May 10, 1754. 
50—3. Mary, bom July 3, 1735. 
51—4. Sarah, born Feb. 14. 1757. 



112 The Kennan Family. 

Sarah Hubbard married first Denisou Lathrop, son 
of Capt. Elisha Lathrop, by liis second wife. They had 
a daughter Sally Lathrop who married Kev. Thomas 
Kennan. Sarah Hubbard Lathrop was my great grand- 
mother and I visited her at Kidgeville, Ohio, in 1848. I 
was at that time studying law with my uncle Jairus 
Kennan, at JSTorwalk, Ohio. She was remarkably bright 
and active for one of her age at that time. She died 
there on the 23rd day of December, 1852, aged 95 years. 

The descent of grandmother Sally Lathrop, from the 
Rev. John Lathrop, was as follows : 

Rev. John Lathrop was baptized in Etten, York- 
shire, Dec. 20th, 1584. He was educated in Queens Col- 
lege, Cambridge, England. He was marticulated in 
1601, graduated B.A. in 1605 and M.A. in 1609. For 
a number of years he was minister in an English 
church, but later he joined the Independents. He was 
soon after called to preach in the First Independent 
Church in London. The King threatened to harass the 
Separatists or Independents, as they were called, out of 
his kingdom, or do worse, and he did. They had to 
worship in secret places, but they were discovered and 
he and a large number of his congregation were arrested 
and put in prison. He was kept in prison two years, 
during which time his wife died. This circumstance 
having awakened public sympathy in his behalf, he was 
released froan prison on condition that he would leave 
the country. This offer he gladly accepted and in 1634 
he and a large number of his congregation came to 
America and landed at Scituate, Mass. His only offense 
was not preaching the doctrines of the English church 
and non-conformance with its forms. He preached in 



The Kennan Family. 113 

Scituate a few years and then removed tx) Barnstable, 
Mass., where he preached until he died, Nov. 8th, 1653. 

Mr. Otis in writing of him said: "John Lathrop 
and his followers were held by the people to be martyrs 
in the cause of Independency. No persecutions, no 
severity, that tlieir enemies could inflict caused him, or 
them to waver. They submitted without a murmer to 
loss of property, to imprisonment in loathsome jails, 
and to be separated for two years from their families 
and friends rather than to subscribe to the fdrms of wor- 
ship that King Charles and his bigoted prelates endeav- 
ored to force on their consciences. No pastor was ever 
more beloved by his people and none ever had greater in- 
fluence for good." 

52. Samuel Lathrop, a son of Rev. John Lath- 
rop, was born in England, and came with his father to 
Scituate in 1634, thence to Barnstable, where he mar- 
ried Nov. 28, 1644, Elizabeth Scudder, who had se- 
cured her dismissal from the church in Boston Nov. 10, 
1644, in order that she might transfer her membership 
to the church in Barnstable. She is reported in Savage's 
Dictionary as having been a sister to that John Scudder 
who was in Barnstable in 1640. Samuel Lathrop made 
the acquaintance of Miss Scudder in Boston, where he 
had commenced his business as a contractor and house- 
builder. Later he engaged also in extensive fanning 
operations. Their marriage was recorded by his father. 
Rev. John Lathrop, on the Barnstable Church register 
as follows: "My son Samuel and Elizabeth Scudder 
married at my house by Mr. Freeman, Nov. 28, 1644." 

They settled in Barnstable, where their house stood 
next to that of John Scudder. 



114 The Kennan Family. 

Samuel Lathrop is reported in 1643, as one of the 
five Lathrops at Barnstable "liable to bear arms." 

In 1648 he removed to New London, Connecticut, 
then called Pequot. We now find Mr. Lathrop men- 
tioned in two letters from Governor Winthrop to his 
son John, Jr., at Pequot. In one of these bearing date 
August 14, 1648, on the subject of obtaining a minister 
for the settlement, he writes : "Your neighbor Lathrop 
came not at me (as expected) to advice about it," etc. 

His "house lot" in the new plantation was the third 
in order from that of John Winthrop, Jr., Esq., and 
his name is found among the first eighteen to whom 
were assigned lands on the east side of the "great river" 
of Pequot, and for these the lots were drawn on the 17th 
and 31st of January, 1648-9. 

Almost at once Mr. Lathrop was assigned by his new 
townsmen to positions of responsibility and honor. The 
General Court of the State, in May, 1649, organized a 
local court at Pequot, having for its judges John Winth- 
rop, Esq., Samuel Lathrop and Thomas Minor, giving 
them power to sit in the trial of all causes between the 
inhabitants in which the differences were under forty 
shillings. 

In 1650 he appears with fifteen other townsmen in 
town meeting "to arrange a system of co-operation with 
Mr. Winthrop in establishing a mill to grind com." 

He also received a large grant of land on the west 
side of the Pequot river north of the settlement. It 
was about five miles up the river at a place called Na- 
mussuck. A farm of 260 acres at this place remained in 
the family until 1735, when it was sold by his grandson 
I^athaniel, after settling all claims, for 2,300 pounds. 

His "cattle marks" were recorded before 1650. 



The Kennan Family. 115 

When, in 1657, Uncas, routed by the Narragansertts, 
had been chased into the fort at the head of the Nahan- 
tiek and was there besieged, Lieut. James Avery, Elder 
Brewster, Samuel Lathrop and others, well armed, 
fought their way into the fort and aided in defence. 

Samuel Lathrop sold his town homestead in IGGl to 
the Eev. Gershom Bulkley. This house stood beyond 
the bridge over the mill brook, on the east side of high- 
way toward Mohegan, "probably where in 1852 stood 
the Hallam House." 

In 1679 is recorded a contract of Mr. Lathrop for 
building the Second Church in 'New London. 

He removed to Norwich in 1668. Miss Caulkins, 
in her history of Norwich says : "After the first thirty- 
eight proprietors the next inhabitants who came in as 
grantees of the town are John Elderkin and Samuel 
Lathrop." A house lot was first granted to John Elder- 
kin, who, finding it too far from his business, conveyed 
it to Samuel Lathrop. 

Mr. Lathrop appears to have erected a house on the 
town street before 1670, which from that time became 
his home. The house built by Dr. Daniel Lathrop, his 
great-grandson, about 1745, probably stands upon the 
same site later owned by Mrs. Gilman. 

The house lot of about seven acres on which he 
settled, covered mainly that hill side enclosed by the 
streets and lanes, which in 1852, was south of the resi- 
dence of Daniel W. Coit, Esq., and extending down to 
the present main street. To this house lot, Samuel 
Lathrop, added, during his life time, successive tracts of 
land amounting in all to about four hundred acres. 

After the death of his first wife, he married, in 
1690, in Plymouth, Mass., a maiden lady, Abigail 



116 The Kennan Family. 

Doane the daughter of Deacon John Doane of Plymouth. 
She was born Jan. 29, 1632, and lived until 1734. Sam- 
uel Lathrop died February 29, 1700. The following 
notice of the second Mrs. Lathrop is found in Miss Caui- 
kin's history of Norwich : ''On her hundreth birthday a 
large audience assembled at her house, and a sermon 
was preached by the pastor of the Church. At this time 
she retained in a great degree the intelligence and viva- 
city of her earlier years. At the time of her decease the 
descendants of her husband amounted to 365." 

53. Israel Lathrop, a son of the above named 
Samuel Lathrop, was born in October 1659, and married 
April 8th, 1686, Rebecca Bliss, daughter of Thomas and 
Elizabeth Bliss who went from Saybrook to Norwich. 
Her grandfather was Thomas Bliss, Sen. of Hartford. 
They settled in Norwich, Connecticut. Israel was a 
man of wordly thrift and had a family of enterprising 
sons who are said to have settled themselves on seven 
hills within the old nine mile square of Norwich. He 
died March 28, 1733, and his wife died Aug. 22, 1737. 

His headstone in the old Norwich Town burial 
groimd is the oldest one now there with an inscription 
on it. It gives us this tribute to his worth : "Here lies 
buried ye body of Mr. Israel Lathrop, ye husband of 
Mrs. Rebecca Lathrop, who lived a life of exemplary 
piety and left ye earth for Heaven, March ye 28, 1733, 
in the 73 years of his age." 

His sister Abigail Lathrop, born May 1665, married 
Dec. 9, 1686, John Huntington and their daughter 
Martha Huntington, born Dec. 9, 1696, married Noah 
Grant and they were the ancestors of President Ulyssus 
S. Grant. 

54. Samuel Lathrop, a son of Israel Lathrop and 



The Kennan Family. 117 

Rebecca Bliss, was born in Norwich, on the 12th of 
July, 1692, and married 26th June, 1712, Elizabeth 
Waterman. He was commissioned Captain of the sec- 
ond trainband in the town of Norwich in 1724. 

Elisha Lathrop, son of Samuel Lathrop, was 
bom on the 13th of July, 1713, and married on the 31st 
day of January, 1732, Margaret Sluraan, who died on 
the 10th of October, 1742. For his second wife he 
married on the 23rd day of January, 1743, Hannali 
Hough, a daughter of Captain John Hough, by his wife 
Hannah Denison. They first settled in Bozrah, but 
afterwards removed to Lebanon, N. H. He was a Cap- 
tain in the military service, and often honored by his 
fellow^ townsmen, both in Bozrah and in Lebanon by 
being elected to ofiice. He was killed in Lebanon by the 
falling of a tree on the 2nd of July, 1787. 

Denison Lathrop, a son of Captain Elisha Lathrop, 
by his second wife, was born in Norwich on the 21st day 
of July, 1753. He married Sarah Harris, a daughter 
of George Harris, it is supposed about 1773. They had 
a daughter, Sally Lathrop, bom in 1774, who married 
Rev. Thomas Kennan at Waterbury, Vermont, on tlie 
19th day of February, 1795, as heretofore mentioned. 

The following is a copy of the record of their mar- 
riage: 



118 The Kennan Family. 

STATE OF VERMONT, ) 
Chittenden County, ) 

Be it remembered that at Waterbury in the County 
of Chittenden on this 19th day of February in the year 
of Our Lord 1795, Thomas Kennan and Sally Lathrop 
both of said Waterbury, were duly joined in marriage. 

By me, Ezra Butleb, Justice of the Peace. 
A true copy of the record. 

Attest, 
James K. Fulleeton, 
Town Cleric, 
A. D. 1899. 



♦The Lathrops were people of rank in England. There 
was two forms of the Lathrop coat of arms, one crest as 
shown on the tombstone of Capt. Lathrop, who was killed by 
the Indians in 1675, is a fighting cock: proper. Another crest 
is a cornish chough: proper. One form of the arms is: A 
gyronny of eight, azure and gules, an eagle displayed, argent. 



The Kennan Family. 119 



CHAPTER VIII. 



William Kennan, was born in Virginia in 1775, and 
his sister Fanny Maitland Kennan, was born July 24th, 
1773. She married Capt. Thomas Marshall of Virginia 
in 1790. About two or three years after that Captain 
Marshall went down the Ohio River as far as Mays- 
ville, Kentucky, and located there or in that vicinity, 
and her brother William Kennan went with them. He 
married a Miss Gardner. He was afterwards the first 
sheriff and first repi-esentative elected from Fleming 
County, Kentucky. I had supposed that he and his sis- 
ter were decendants of Richard Kennon who came over 
from the old country and located in Virginia at a very 
early day; but this Williaiii Kennan and his decend- 
ants all spell the name "Kennan" while Richard Ken- 
non and his children spelled the name "Kennon". There 
was also a Mary Ann Kennan married in 178G to Ben- 
jamin Guerard, Esq., at Port Royal or Charlestown, 
and her name at that time was spelled "Kennan." 
Whether she was a descendant of Richard Kennon or 
not I am unable to say. 

William Kennan was a prospei'ous business man and 
accumulated a small fortune. About two years before 
he died he went on horseback to Missouri and purchased 
at the Triggs Sale of land three thousand acres of land 
for his children. 

Samuel Kennan, his youngest son, moved to ^lis- 
Bouri and settled on the land left him by his father. He 



120 The Kennan Family. 

had a son named William H. Kennan, who is a lawyer 
in Mexico, Mo. William H. Kennan was born on the 
16th of September, 1837, in Boone County, Missouri. 
On the second of November, 1871, he married Cordelia 
Portia Jenkins, born in 1845. She died November 
27th, 1893. He was a member of the Legislature in 
Missouri in 1885. City Attorney in 1870 and 1871, 
and Judge Advocate on Gov. Stone's staff with the rank 
of Brig. General in 1893. Both he and his wife were 
members of the First Baptist Church. 

TIIEIE CiriLDEEN, ALL, BORN TTC MEXICO, MO., WERE: 

1. Mary Hardin Kennan, born Sept. 21, 1872. 
Married William D. Mason, Nov. 18, 1903. 

2. Harriet Rogers Kennan, born Dec. 5, 1874. 

3. Carrie Jenkins Kennan, bom Feb., 1876. 

4. Florence Maitland Kennan, bom Dec. 28, 1878. 

5. Churchill Bayord Kennan, born April 2, 1881. 

George P. Kennan, son of the above named Samuel 
Kennan, was born on the 7th of May, 1848, in Boone 
County, Mo. Married 18th September, 1879, Susan 
Gorrord of Lawreneeville, Illinois, bom June 14th, 
1855, at Paris, Kentucky. They axe members of the 
First Presbyterian Church. He is a merchant at Hot 
Springs Arkansas. 

THEIR CHILDREN ARE: 

1. Matilda Cobum Kennan, bom Oct. 1, 1880. 

2. William Gorrord Kennan, bora Oct. 11, 1882. 

It is very interesting to look back over the three 
hundred years covered by this genealogy and see who 
the ancestors of the Kennan family were, and observe 
the part acted by them in the great drama of life. 
Wonderful changes have taken place during that time ; 



The Ken nan Family. 121 

and great events have occurred with which they were 
identified. 

I think we have a right to feel some pride in hav- 
ing descended from the valliant pioneers who laid the 
foundation of our great Republic, and in the fact that 
our ancestors, helped to achieve its independence. We 
honor them for their undaunted courage, their stem 
integrity, and their loyalty to their convictions. May 
their hollowed memory be perpetuated down the ages. 



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INDEX 



Page. 
A 

Adams, Charles 22 

Armstrong, Susan G 51 

Armstrong, Nellie 48 

Allen, Abbie 54 

Anderson, Effie 66 

Anthony, Fannie Amelia. 79 

Anthony, Lorenzo D 79 

Avery, Hannah 87, 89 

Avery, Capt. James... 89, 115 

Avery, Oliver 19 

Austin, Mary 95, 97 

Alden, John 32 

Andrews Lucy 88 

Austin, Jonas 97 

Alcott, Annie 99 

Abbot, Elizabeth 107, 108 

B 

Ballard, Ruth 73 

Barker, Jonathan 34, 42 

Barker, Cordelia K 42 

Barker, Jairus 42 

Barker, Calvin 42 

Barker, Nellie Kennan ... 43 

Barker, Hattie 43 

Barker, Clinton Burnett . 43 
Barker, Charlotte Clough. 43 
Barker, M. V. Beatrice... 43 

Barker, Roy M 43 

Barker, Emma A 48 

Barker, Esther Kennan ... 43 

Barker, Lloyd L. B 43 

Barker, Calvin Burnett... 43 

Barker, Amos Bliss 43 

Barker, Eleanor Adelaide. 43 

Barker, Rev. Calvin H 65 

Ball, Thankful 35 

Beverly, Elizabeth 8 

Buckminster, Rev. Jos. 12, 15 
Bulkley, Rev. Gershorm. .115 
Bishop, May 110 



Paje. 

Bishop, John 110 

Bishop, Anna HO 

Bliss, Esther Adelaide 116 

Buck, Harry 85 

Bliss, Amos lis 

Bliss, Rebecca 116 

Bliss, Thomas 116 

Bliss, Emma M 116 

Billings, Sarah M 65 

Borrodell, John 106 

Bollow, Lizzie J 47 

Booth, Elizabeth 99 

Booth, Warren 20 

Borrodell, Ann 105, 107 

Borrodell, John 107 

Bowen, Margaret 98, 99 

Bowen, Griffith 99 

Brown, Joseph 51 

Brown, Irene 51 

Brown, Leander 51 

Brown, Loa 

....57. 60, 87, 88, 90, 91, 92 

Brown, Jedediah 

57, 60, 88, 90. 93 

Brown, Jane 88 

Brown, Huldah 83 

Brown, John 87, 88, 90 

Brown, John Capt 86 

Brown, Ichabad 87, 90 

Brown, Stephen 87, 90 

Brown, Sarah 90 

Brown, Thomas 87 

Brown, Thomas, Jr 87 

Brewster, John 26 

Brewster, Golfrldus 26 

Brewster, Rev. William... 

..26, 27, 29, 30. 101, 102, 115 

Brewster, Robert ti 

Brewster, Humphrey 28 

Brewster, Grace . .32, 102. 105 
Brewster, Jonathan 

32. 101. 102 

Brewster. Mary 101 



Index. 



Page. 



Page. 



Branch, John 93, 94 

Brisban, Effie 

Bond, Sally Ann... 
Butler, Katherine 
Butler, Florence E 
Butler, James H.. 

Butler, Ezra :JJ.s 

Butler, Walter •••••••: V^2! 



68 
74 
74 
65 
65 



Crandall, Sarah .. 
Chapman, Nettie . 
Chapman, John . . 
Chapman, John, Jr 

Chapman, Huldah .•■ 88 

Chapman, Sarah » ', »" 

Cheever, Alzada A »* 



96 

91 
91 



Carver, Gov 



32 



Martha ^ 



Burton, Curtis Johnson. 



77 



Frederick Ray- 



Burton, 
mond 
Burton, Lewis Sanford 



Chittenden, Carlos ..... • J2 
Chittenden, Maud Belle. . . 7^ 
77 Chittenden, Mildred Helen 7Z 

77 Clark, Malvina JJ 

77 Clapp, Barbara ^* 



Brrncb.^^Her ...88.93 Claiborne. Elizabeth Daod- ^ 



Branch, Eunice . „„ „„ oo 
57, 60, 88, 90, 93 

Branch, Samuel ••• ^3 



Charter, Mabel R., •••••• J* 

Charles, King of England. 91 
Clifford, W. H ^* 



^tt^^^h' PPter ... .93, 94 Clifford, W. il "' 

rrn«Usa ,Ken.^^ ^^:^^V::-l 



nan) . 

Burnette, James ^" 

Burnette, Chloe K J" 

Burt, Simeon °i 

Burt, Charlotte Mary 52 

Burt, Florence Salina ■ • • \^ 
Burt, George Clarence .. . . 52 
Burt, Frank Thomas Ken- 

nan 

Burt, May Florence o^ 

Burt, Clarence Alton 5^ 

Burt, Clara Amelia &^ 

Burt, Charlotte Mary 52 

Alice 0* 



Clifford, DaTid A 66 

Clifford, V/alter H ^ / 

Clifford, Mary A... 
Clifford, Jesse K. .. 
Clifford, Hattie F... 
Cole, Estella Dorcas 

Cole, Andrew 

Cole, Sarah Ann... 

Coleman, Ardella ^d 

Collip, Katie E 61 

Collip. Conrad ^i 

Cohurn, Mary L 
Coburn, John 



67 
67 
67 
70 
70 
71 



48 
4» 



r/t FrIJcis Ediih:::::: Ts CaUahan. John H 47 

^;;;j' Srer\^ry : : : : : f^ crili: »• : : . . . . 56 

S 'i' wmt^ Simeon. . . . 53 Cottrill, Lydia Ann. . . . .56, 57 



Burt, William Simeon 
Bromaghim, Ruth »o 



Cottrill, Prudence Jane... 57 

Cottrill. Paul A 57 

Cottrill, Rhoda S &' 

Cutting, Jos. E 4^ 

67 Cutting, Susan R • • " V, 

C^si: Luc; Eloise 77 cutting, Alvm H. ... 46. 47 

Case. William . ... • • • • • • • 78 Cu mg ^^^^^ ^ 

Chandler, Hannah 97, 98. 99 ^""^ „!' Almond J 47 

§aS^!:r:-^?mamV.V.^.'.'."5 '^S^. Orren Ellas .... « 



Case, Reed 



Index. 



Page. 

Cutting, Estella J 47 

Cutting, Andrew E 47 

Coit, Daniel W 115 

Cooke, Eudotia 37, 84 

Custis, Martha 8 

Curtis, George M 74 

Cornish, Damaris 83 

Coats, Titus H 85 

Caulliins, Miss.. 102, 115, 116 

D 

Damon, Ralph H 47 

Damon, Kennan 48 

Damon, Margaret C 48 

Damon, Edward F 48 

Damon, Philip Whitcomb 

Kennan 48 

Damon, Anne 48 

Damon, Winslow J 48 

Damon, Mary Keene 48 

Damon, Ruth Alden 4S 

Damon, Rachel Kennan... 48 

Damon, John Kennan 48 

Damon, Esther Kennan.. 48 
Damon, Elizabeth Kennan 48 

Darling, Mary E 46 

Darling, Elijah 46 

Darling, Mary Cheever ... 46 

Davison, Ambassador 27 

Denison, Phoebe 106, 107, 109 
Denison, George 32, 105, 106 

Denison. William 106 

Denison, Daniel 106 

Denison, Ann 107 

Denison, Capt. George 105 

Denison, .John 105, 106 

Denison, Hannah 117 

Deming, Mary E 54 

Denman, Myrtle 67 

Dewey, Admiral George.. 107 

Dike, Col. Nicholas 23 

Dillow, Mary A 54 

Dickinson, Hannah Ill 

Dodge, Caroline (Kennan) 49 

Doane, Abigail 115 

Doane, Dea John 115 

Douglas, Elizabeth 99, 100 

Douglas, Stephen A 100 

Douglas, William 100 

Delano, Susannah 90 



Page. 

Draper, Hannah 96, 97 

Draper, Moses 97. 98, 99 

Draper, James ' 9s 

Durand, Lieut ].' 34 

Delong, Richard ..... 85 

E 

Elderkin, John 115 

Elizabeth. Queen 27 

Ewing, Thomas Knox.!!.! 63 

Ewing, John 63 

Ewing, Donald Knox 63 

Ewing, Hugh Whltton .... 63 
Ewing, Roger Kenneth ... 63 

Edward, King 88 

Eliot, John 106 

F 

Flight, Thomas R 44 

Flight, Pearl ! ! . 44 

Frank, Lucy 55 

Frank, Phillip 55 

Frank, Mary 55 

Freeman, Anna 51 

Foss, Joshua M 73 

Fullerton, James K 118 

Frink, Rev. Mr 15 



Gardiner, Charlotte E 45 

Gardiner, Hon. .lohn 45 

Gardiner. George 65 

Gilmer, Secy 8 

Gilbert, Dorothy 91, 92 

Gilbert, Capt. John 91, 92 

Gilbert, Aymie 92 

Gillan, Elizabeth 94 

Gibson. Elizabeth 107, 108 

Gore, Elizabeth '. 94 

Gore, Samuel 96, 9S 

Gore, Samuel, Jr 96 

Gore, Rhoda 96 

Gore, John 96 

Gore, Christopher 96 

Gore, Obadiah 96 

Goodrich, Hannah Ill 

Graves. Helen E 40 



Index. 



Page. 



Page. 



Goldenberg. Ida f Hill, GfJltJ'^''''' \ \ \ '. \ I' 

Graton, Leonie E «>" 



Grant, Genl. Ulysses ^--^^q 

or) 

Grant, Samuel qV'i16 

Grant, Noah 90. ^^ 

Grant, Noah, Jr.. ^^ 

Grant, Noah, 3rd «" 

Grant, Jesse ^^ 



Gray, Sally 
Greenslade, Johanna 



89 
89 



Gressley, Miss °^ 



Griswold, Betsy 



65 



Hill, Margery ^* 

Hicks, Henrietta »» 

Hildreth, Charles H. *o 

Hopgood, Sarah L (Ken-.. 

nan) * 

Harvey, Nathan |o 

Hovey, Rev 

Hubbard, Saran ..... • • • • • 

33, 109, 110, 111, 112 

Hubbard, Isaac . . .33, 110, 111 
Hubbard, John ••••••HO. Ill 

Hubbard, Nehemiah, Jr...lio 
Hubbard, Elisha • • -i^^J 



Greene Richard Henry ... 102 Hubbard. Jacob • l" 

So-ra, Susa. ^^0 Hubbard, Oeor.e . . . .m 

Hubbard, Honore lij 

" Hubbard, Hannah i^" 

Haxtun. Anne Amoux ...102 Hubbard. ^^^T^-'/^ 

Harris, Thomas . ... . • -^ • gub^^^^, 

•••••• A ' ' •;: Hubbard, Ephraim Ill 

Hams, George . .^^- • • • • • Hubbard. Hezekiah •••••• 111 

HarVisi SaL?'. :. .. 33 Huntington, Martha..90. 116 
Harris, ^il^son, Lieut. ^.^.^..^^^ 

Harris* Samuel. . .33, 107, 108 
Sarris:Gabriel..l07, 108 109 



Sa;S Walter 107.108 

Harris, Lucy Vno 1 11 

Harris, Joshua i^^. ^"-j. 

SarrislMary ...108.109.111 
Harris, Sarah m. ^^' 

a. Ta«>hplla o^ 

89 



Huntington, John 116 

Hobbs Miss °i 

Hough, Hannah ^j-' 

74 
74 



Harcope, Isabella 89 



Hervie, Sir George ... 

Harvey, Charles J °^ 

Hermann, Harold T &» 

Herrick, Charles N o^ 

Herrick, Nellie May &J 

Hervie, Bridget °^ 

Hermann, Alice M oo 

Hill, Lida Belle '^ 

Hill, Loa Helen '^ 

Hill, David Y 

Hill, Mary Eloise *" 

Hill, Henry Burnette *" 

Hill, Fred Spencer J" 

Hill, Stephen 'J: 

Hill, Helen S. B '^ 



Hough, Capt. John 

House, Maria B. 

House, George .. 

Hale, Henrietta Li 

Hermann, Henry T &b 

Hamilton, Tilla R it 

Hamilton, John . . • . 

Heinrich, Rev. S. G. 

Heinrich, Dr. Paul . 

Heinrich, Clara 

Hall, William A Jb 

Hall, Lottie Alberta b5 

Hall, David William .... 65 

Hall, Walter Hart o& 

Hall, Olive .... 

Hall. Elida Mae 

Hall, Cora Inez 

Hall, Ernest Albert ..... 65 

Hall, Mortimer Howard.. 65 

Hutchinson, Gov ^" 

Hutchins, Lyman o^ 

Hutchins, Samuel »* 



71 
62 
62 
62 



65 
65 
65 



Index. 



Hutchins 
Hutchins 
Hutchins 
Hutchins 
Hutchins 
Hutchins 
gomery 
Hutchins 
Hutchins 
Hutchins 
Hutchins 
Hutchins 
Hutchins 
Hutchins 
Hutchins 
Hutchins 
Hutchins 
Hutchins 
Hutchins 
Hutchins 
Hutchins 
Hutchins 
Hutchins 
Hutchins 
Hutchins 
Hutchins 
Hutchins 
Hutchins 
Hastings 



Page. 

George 53 

George E. G 54 

Rosie Estella.. 54 

Charles B. T... 54 

Herriclc Newell 54 
Kennan Mont- 

54 

Warren E 54 

Sidney E 54 

Mary Amy .... 54 

Reuben C 54 

Martha A 54 

William A 54 

Olive L 54 

Melissa J 54 

Mary A 54 

Emma Kennan 55 

Ida Abigail ... 55 

Alma 55 

Horace 55 

Jonathan D... 55 

Alice 56 

Ella B 56 

Thomas L. K.. 56 

Jesse Byron . . 56 

Chester 56 

Melissa V. T... 56 

Stella 67 

Jonathan 19 



James, King 29 

James, Florence 60, 61 

James, Alfred 61 

Jefferson, Thomas 8 

Jenkins, Cordelia P 120 

Jones, Adelbert 67 

Jones, Arthur M 72 

Jones, Samuel 109 

Jordan, Edna 46 

Johnstone, Elizabeth 7 

Judd, Capt 84 

K 

Kenan Thomas 7 

Kennan, Rev. Thomas... 

25, 33, 37, 39, 112, 117, 118 
Kennan, Jairus 21, 22,... 

25, 33, 34. 44, 45. 57, 112 



Page. 

Kennan Suel 21 

Kennan. Abigail 20. 21, 33, 39 

Kennan, Clarissa 33, 39 

Kennan. Philena...33, 34. 42 

Kennan, Sarah H 33, 43 

Kennan, Sophronia 33, 34, 44 

Kennan, Thomas 9, 20 

Kennan, Col. George 

20, 21, 22, 18 

Kennan, Daniel 24 

Kennan, George 11 

Kennan, William 9, 119 

Kennan, Fanny Maitland 

9, 119 

Kennan, Jairus W 77 

Kennan, James of Dum- 
fries, Scotland 12 

Kennan, Capt. Thomas... 9 
Kennan, John 18, 33. 36, 40, 41 

Kennan, Agnes 17 

Kennan, James 

...11, 12, 18, 20, 23, 24, 34 

Kennan, Jean 17 

Kennan, George 

18, 19, 20, 33, 40. 74 

Kennan. Andrew... 19, 23. 34 
Kennan, Isaac 19, 23, 35, 36 

Kennan, Mary 21 

Kennan, Betsy 20 

Kennan, Joseph 20 

Kennan, Susan 21 

Kennan, Elijah 23, 34 

Kennan, Silas 23 

Kennan, Ephraim 23, 35 

Kennan, Lydia 23 

Kennan, Willard..23, 47. 48 

Kennan, David 23. 35 

Kennan, Erastus 23, 35 

Kennan. Clara 23, 36 

Kennan, Justus G 47 

Kennan, John W 34, 47 

Kennan, Edwin Persis ... 34 

Kennan, Persis A 35 

Kennan, Andrew C 35 

Kennan, James Smith. 35, 46 

Kennan, Caroline 35 

Kennan. Silas F 35 

Kennan Ruth 35 

Kennan, Warren J 35. 46 

Kennan, Elijah Locke. 35. 46 



Index. 



Page. 

Kennan, Sarah P 35 

Kennan, Susan R 35, 46 

Kennan, Ruth (Parmenter) 46 
Kennan, Myron James — 46 

Kennan, Henry A 46, 49 

Kennan, Eliza 46 

Kennan, Silas F 35, 46 

Kennan, A. C 46 

Kennan, Ella Annette ... 46 

Kennan, Clarence A 46 

Kennan, Addie E 46 

Kennan, Charles F 46 

Kennan, Arthur Williard.. 47 

Kennan, Jared E 36 

Kennan, Josephine S 47 

Kennan, Annie Bates 47 

Kennan, Mary Whitcomb. 47 

Kennan, Cassius H 48 

Kennan, Dwight 48 

Kennan, Alvira N 48 

Kennan, Gertrude E 48 

Kennan, Thomas E 48 

Kennan, Alice A 49 

Kennan, Fannie E 49 

Kennan, James Henry ... 49 

Kennan, Frankie 49 

Kennan, Mary Laura .... 49 
Kennan, Lottie Algina ... 49 
Kennan, William Myers.. 

35, 49 

Kennan, Erwin 49 

Kennan, La Forest A.... 49 

Kennan, Herbert W 50 

Kennan, May L 50 

Kennan, Jennie B 50 

Kennan, Henry R 50 

Kennan, Florence A 60 

Kennan, Charles Frederick 50 

Kennan, Ella Addie 50 

Kennan, Betsy J 35 

Kennan, Orson 36 

Kennan, Eli 36 

Kennan, Cassius 36 

Kennan, Lucius 36 

Kennan, J. Erwin 36, 48 

Kennan, Roxy 36 

Kennan, Caroline 36, 49 

Kennan, James C..34, 36, 49 

Kennan, Curtis 36 

Kennan, Melissa Victorlne 

38, 50 



Page. 

Kennan, Albert Watts.. 38, 51 
Kennan, Charlotte Louisa 

38, 51 

Kennan, Jane Angeline.38, 53 
Kennan, Thomas Lathrop 

38, 57, 88, 90 

Kennan, Mary Eveline. 38, 64 
Kennan, Sarah Eudotia 38, 68 

Kennan, George, Jr 39, 69 

Kennan, Sidney Tullar 39, 71 
Kennan, Benjamin Harri- 
son 39, 71 

Kennan, Helen S. B...39, 71 
Kennan, Mary Ann (Morse) 33 
Kennan, Mary Jane ...42, 73 

Kennan, John M 42, 74 

Kennan, Ellen 42 

Kennan, Sarah 42 

Kennan, George 11, 37, 42, 85 

Kennan, Harriet L 42, 76 

Kennan Charlotte Gardiner 

34, 45 

Kennan, Julia Alice 45, 76 

Kennan, Thomas William 

45, 77 

Kennan, Jairus, Jr 45, 77 

Kennan, Cortland Latimer 

45, 77 

Kennan, Jairus Raymond. 45 
Kennan, Henry Lawrence 45 
Kennan, Asa Brainard ... 45 
Kennan, John Gardiner 45, 80 
Kennan, Kossuth Kent 60, 62 
Kennan, Chester Tullar . . 61 
Kennan, Loa Brown 61, 88, 93 
Kennan, Frances Will- 

marth 60 

Kennan Constance Lathrop 61 
Kennan, Jeanette Sinclair 61 

Kennan, George Frost 61 

Kennan, Ralph C 61 

Kennan, Gv/endolyn 61 

Kennan, Jack 61 

Kennan, Mary Branch 63 

Kennan, Charlotte Jane . . 63 
Kennan, Thomas Lathrop, 

Jr 64 

Kennan, James Gordon ... 64 

Kennan, Kathleen K 64 

Kennan, Rev. Ralph R 69, 70 
Kennan, George Allan ... 69 



Index. 



Page. 

Kennan, Grace 69 

Kennan, Ruth 69 

Kennan, George, Jr 69 

Kennan, Ralph 69 

Kennan, Ada 69 

Kennan, Rev. Albert L... 69 

Kennan, Ada Belle 70 

Kennan, Albert Ranny 70 

Kennan, Thomas Floyd . . 70 
Kennan, Geraldine lone... 71 

Kennan, Paul Willard 71 

Kennan, Benjamin Mont- 
gomery 71 

Kennan, Ada Elizabeth ... 71 
Kennan, Capt. Thomas... 9 
Kennan, Churchill Bayard 120 

Kennan, Mary L 74 

Kennan, Grace Elizabeth. 74 

Kennan, William C 74 

Kennan, Nellie Thompson 74 

Kennan, Ethel Louise 74 

Kennan, Ellen 74 

Kennon, John 10 

Kennon, Henry 10 

Kennon, Thomas 10 

Kennon, Newell 10 

Kennan, Prances Vail 78 

Kennan, Robert Case 78 

Kennan, Edith Gardiner. . 78 

Kennan, Alice Belle 79 

Kennan, Howard Blair... 79 
Kennan, Jairus Raymond. 79 
Kennan, Ruth Richmond. 79 
Kennan, Edward Raymond 79 

Kennan, Henry L. K 79 

Kennan, Alice A 49, 80 

Kennan, Ralph A 80 

Kennan, Alga Aurilla 80 

Kennan, Pauline Hortense 80 

Kennan, Asa Brainard 80 

Kennan, Brainard, Jr.... 80 

Kennan, Katherine 80 

Kennan, Eugenia 80 

Kennan, Florence M 120 

Kennan, Isabella 81 

Kennan, John Gardiner, Jr. 81 

Kennan, Lucile Burton 81 

Kennan, David 85 

Kennan, Mary Ann 119 

Kennan, Samuel 119 

Kennan, William H 120 



Page. 

Kennan, Mary Hardin... 120 
Kennan, Harriet Rogers.. 120 
Kennan, Carrie Jenkins.. 120 

Kennan, George P 120 

Kennan, Mathilda Cobum.120 
Kennan, William Gorrord 120 
Kennon, Richard 7, 8, 10, 119 
Kennon, Capt. Richard, Jr. 8 

Kennon, Robert 8 

Kennon, Beverly 8, 10 

Kennon, Henry 10 

Kennon, Thomas 10 

Kennon, Newell TO 

Kennon, John 10 

Kennon, James 10 

Kennon, William 10 

Kennan, Thomas 7 

Kennon, William 9, 10 

Keene, Mary 47 

Kennon, John 10 

Kelly, Rachel 90 

Kelgas, J. 66 

King, Edward, HI. 

King, Nellie 66 

King, Phillip 95, 103 

King, James 29 

Kingsbury, Sophia 64 

Keating, Richard 64 

Kenny, James 65 

Kemp, Capt. Lawrence — 18 



Lathrop, Sally 

25, 26, 33, 101, 112, 118 

Lathrop, Rev. John 

26, 112, 113 

Lathrop, Ann 109 

Lathrop. Samuel 

113, 114, 115, 116, 117 

Lamb, Annie 93 

Lathrop, Daniel 115 

Lathrop, Israel 116 

Lathrop, Rev. John 112 

Lathrop, Abigail 116 

Lathrop, Capt. Ellsha 112. 117 
Lathrop, Denison ...112, 117 

Latimer, Cortland 45 

Lay, Phoebe 105 

Lawrence, Abiram 39, 72 

Lawrence, Lllllian A 72 



Index. 



Page. 

Lawrence, Lucy A 39 

Lawrence, Marietta 39 

Lawrence, Luclen H 39 

Lawrence, Sally A 33 

Lawrence, Thomas K. . .39, 72 
Lawrence, Jonathan C... 39 
Lawrence, Lydia Phllena . 39 

Lawrence, Betsy 39 

Lawrence, Darius A 39 

Lawrence, Abby Desire 39, 72 
Lawrence, Sophronia. . .39, 73 

Lawrence, Lillian A 72 

Lawrence, Sarah Nancy. . . 72 
Lawrence, Sophronia C . . . 39 

Lee, Genl. Robt. E 8 

Lee, Mrs. Genl. Robt. E... 8 

Lenhart, Elsie Belle 81 

Lewis, Joseph 82 

Letter, Jacob 52 

Little, Sara Catherine 63 

Lindsay, Giles K 67 

Lindsay, Harriet 67 

Lindsay, Eva May 67 

Lindsay, Oscar 67 

Lindsay, Giles K, Jr 67 

Lindsay, J. D. T 67 

Lindsay, Etta Inez 67 

Lindsay, Earl Oscar 67 

Loomis, Hannah E 49 

Loomis, Charles 49 

Loomis, Laura 49 

Love, Mary 27, 32 

Long, Arthur 67 

Lockman, Maud 67 

Lofter, Mary 70 

Lincoln, Hannah 93, 95 

Lincoln, Thomas 95, 97 

Lincoln, Thomas, Sr 95 

Lincoln, John 95 

Lincoln, Samuel 95 

Lincoln, Mary 95 

Lincoln, Sarah 95 

Lincoln, Pres. Abraham.. 96 

Lord, Amy 91, 92 

Lord, Thomas 92 

Lord, William 92 

Lord, John 92 

Lord, Robert 92 

Lord, Dorothy 92 

Lloyd, Con. W 63 

Lloyd, Loa Catherine 64 



Page. 



Lloyd, Lowell C. 
Lloyd, Sara C . . 



63 
63 



M 

Mc Kennan, James 11, 12, 15 

Mac Kennan, John 17 

Mac Kennan, Agnes 17 

Mac Kennan, James, Jr. . 17 

Mac Kennan, Jean 17 

Mac Kennan, George 17 

Mac Kennan, Andrew ... 17 

Mac Kennan, Isaac 17 

Mac Kennan, David 17 

Mac Kennan, Mary 17 

Mac Kennan, Rev. William 12 

Mac Gregor, John P 60 

Mac Gregor, Helen Ryan. 60 

Morser, W. C 6S 

Morser, Wilton C 68 

Morser, Ellis Ray 68 

Morser, Harvey Harold.. 68 
Morser, Lowell Thompson 68 

Morser, Florence G 68 

Morser, Grace E 68 

MacKennan, Hon. William 13 

Maclewain, Jane 13 

McBride, Henry Hawkins 73 
McBride, Charles Edward 73 
McBride, Adelbert Henry 73 

McBride.Fred Milton 73 

McBride, Arthur Cyrus... 73 
McBride, Rowena Lawrence 

73 

McBride, Ray L 73 

McWade, Fred J 76 

McWade, Harriet L 76 

McKerd, Helen L 78 

McDowell, Martha 79 

Marshall, Capt. Thomas 9, 119 
Marshall, Chief Justice 

John 9 

Marshall, Carrie 51 

Mary, Queen of Scotts 28 

Mason, Emma G 72 

Mason, John 107 

Mattie, Anna 100 

Matton, Mary 83 

Meachem, Samuel 109 

Moses, Mary 83 

Merriam, Mary 110 



Index. 



Page. 

Merri]], Rev. E. H 61 

Mausolff, Paul Heinrich 

Louis 61, 62 

Mausolff, Alfred Kennan..' 63 

Mausolff, Dorothy Loa 63 

Mausolff, Louis Fedor 62 

Mausolff, Clara Heinrich.. 62 

McCallister, Mr 67 

McCallister, Charles M..! 67 

McCallister, Guy 67 

McCallister, Benjamin K.. 67 
McCallister, William C... 67 

McCallister, Harry H 67 

Miller, Anna 47 

Miner, Elizabeth 87, 88 

Miner, Ephraim 87, 89,' 90 

Miner, Lieut. Thomas 

89, 90, 114 

Miner, John 90 

Miner, Grace 90 

Miner, Henry 88, 89 

Miner, William .' 89 

Miner, Lodowick 89 

Miner, Thomas. 88, 89, 90, 109 

Miner, Clement 89 

Miner, George 88, 89 

Mitchell, .Tohn 68 

Mitchell, Benjamin K 69 

Mitchell, Edward 69 

Mitchell, Arthur 69 

Mitchell, Belle 69 

Mitchell, John F 69 

Mann, Col. Lieut 84 

Morse, Mary Ann (Kennan) 

40 41 

Morse, Jedediah 41 

Morse, Clarissa J 41 

Morse, Samuel F. B 41 

Moore, Ellis D 40, 74 

Moore, Nellie Gertrude. .' 74 
Morgan, Dorothy. . .94, 96, 97 

Morgan, Joseph 97, 98 

Morgan, James '. 97 

Mosher, Eveline 48 

Monk, S 49 

Meigs, Gardiner 85 

Montgomery, Ada 69 

Montgomery, Benjamin M. 69 
Montgomery, Melissa G... 69 

Massasoit 32 

Myers, William 49 



Page. 



N 



Naragansett l(.)4, 114 

Naram.ore, Lydia Ann... 56 

Newman, Maud 64 

Newman, Jajnes 64 

Newhall, Mary 87 

Newhall, Thomas 87 

Noyes, Dorothy 87. 92 

Oldham, Lacretia 32, 101. 102 



Pope. Sarah 89 

Palmer. Abigail. . .87, 90, 91 

Palmer, John 87*, 92 

Palmer, Moses 91, 92 

Palmer. Walter 89, 91 

Palmer, Grace 89, 90 

Phillip, King 103 

Parke, Dorothy 97, 98 

Parke, Thomas 98 

Parke, Robert 99 

Parmenter, Andrew 35 

Patterson, Hattie, Effie.. 66 

Patterson, John 66 

Pierpont, Helen Ryan... 60 
Peter, Brittania Welling- 
ton 8 

Porter, Col. Elisha 24 

Pickard, Cora Eliza 79 

Pickard. James H 79 

Pickard, Anna Maria 79 

Purdy, Myron 52 

Purdy, William A 54 

Purdy, Benjamin Harrison 55 

Purdy, Myrtle Iva 55 

Purdy, Willard H 64 



Queen Elizabeth 27 



Richard II 

Russell, John B 



26 

85 



Index. 



Page. 

Ranny, Philena Belle ... 70 

Reid, Benjamin i^ 

Reink, Emma ^^ 

Roberts, Capt »^ 

Robinson, Elizabeth ^| 

Richardson, Eleanor Jane 5i 
RIchartison, George .... 51 

Rundell, Nathan 33, 4d 

Rundell, John Milton ... 44 

Rundell, Amos ^y 44 

44 



Page. 

Smith, Hugh J J 

Smith, Agnes ^^ 

Smith, Elizabeth ^* 

Smith, Peggy ^J 

Smith, Lucy Ann ' ' 

Smith, Samuel '' 

Squanto ^^ 

Steele, Rev ^^ 

Stearns, Sylvia ^» 

Staege, Albert J ^^ 

Staege, Frederick &» 

Staege, Henrietta »» 



RundeU, Elizabeth M ^enri^tt. -- 

Rundell, George ^ |j^^g' gtephen 55 

Rundell, Obediah K 72 S aege, bt P ^^ 

Rundell Gertrude Florence^^ Staege, Rut^ 

Staege, Asa H 



Rundell, Carrie E. Kennan 73 
Rundell, Forest P • 73 



staege', Ruby ^5 

SunSeii: Sarah (Kennan) 34 |fae|e.„Bertl!a_^ -^ 



s 



98 
Standrsti', Miles Capt.32, 107 

Street, Elizabeth »» 

Sackett Cora Belle 68 stone Luther Gary ...... bi 

Irckett, Charles M .... 68 stone, Adelina Lucmda.. 64 

Slowman, Hannah 82 Stone. Samantha 53 

Scofield, John 109 Stoneman, Kate S 73 

Scudder, Elizabeth 113 Simpson, Hannah 90 

«-^^- ^«^^- '^'^ S:Fier. ::::::::::: 

Sluman, Margaret 117 

Spencer, Polly 

Spencer, Manton 



72 
44 
94 
49 

Slocum. Fred ^9 

Sorrenson, Doctor 51 

Scrooby 

Speer, Rosalie 

Speer, Mathias E 



28 
53 
53 



Shelly, Abbie K 54 

Shelly, Volney, K 54 

Shelly, Simeon O 55 

Shelly Herbert J 55 

Shellv! Manford B 55 Speed, Mary 

Shelly, Eva B 55 Swany, Glorien 

Shelly, Minnie E. R 55 

Segar, Jemima 83 

Shufeldt, James 52 

Sumner, Joanna 91 

Sherman. Abigail 25 

Sherman, Sarah 67 

Short, Rebecca 91 T 

Snvder, Elizabeth 25 _, 

Shaw, Eunice 93 Taylor, Joseph . 50 

Q„th Tina Hill 80 Taylor, Joseph H 5^ 



Index. 



Page. 

Thompson, Jonathan 

David 64 

Thompson, Lottie E 65 

Thompson, Mortimer G.. 65 
Thompson, James Earle. 66 

Thompson, J. Guy 66 

Thompson, James 74 

Thompson, Lewis M 74 

Thompson, Bridget 106 

Thompson, John 106 

Thompson, Harrison Guy. 66 
Thompson. Laura Mable.. 66 
Thompson, Samuel Rufus 66 
Thompson, William Ray. 66 

Thompson, Mary Effle 66 

Thompson, John D 66 

Thompson, Hattie Florence 67 

Thompson, Vera 66 

Thompson, Leon 66 

Thompson, Reuben 66 

Thompson, Lottie 66 

Thompson, Mortimer Gif- 

ford 66 

Thompson, Hattie Esther 66 

Thompson, Loa L 66 

Thompson, Rhoda Inez 66, 68 

Thompson, Roy M 68 

Thompson Fleeta Fay... 68 
Thompson, Vera Luella . 68 
Thompson, Doris Mildred. 68 
Thompson', Hollis David. 68 

Thompson, Donald R 68 

Thompson, David P 68 

Thompson, Dorothy R... 

68, 98, 99 

Thompson, Alice 99 

Thomas, George 73 

Thomas, Harris 73 

Thomas, Earl R 73 

Thomas, Harlie J 73 

Thomas, Warren H 73 

Thomas, Myrtle F 73 

Thomas, Leola S 73 

Thomas, Raymond C 73 

Thomas, Milo H 78 

Taisley. Isabel A 72 

Taisley. Gideon 72 

Thayer, O. F 72 

Tefft, Sarah »* 

Tullar, Chester, Capt.... 
37, 38, 84 



Page. 

Tullar. Mary (Kennan).. 

37, 38, 82 

Tullar, John 82. 83 

Tullar. Elizabeth (Caae) . 

82, 83 

Tullar, Sarah 82. 83 

Tullar. William 82, 83 

Tullar. Samuel 82. 86 

Tullar, Mary 82, 83. 85 

Tullar, Jacob 83. 86 

Tullar, Mabel 83 

Tullar, Isaac 86 

Tullar, Reuben 83. 85 

Tullar! Elisha 86 

Tullar, Martha 85 

Tullar, Joseph 86 

Tullar, Oman 84 

Tullar, Franklin S 85 

Tullar, Eli 8« 

Tullar, Abraham 86 

Tullar, Dayton 86 

Tullar, Israel 86 

Tullar, John D 86 

Tullar, Rufus 86 

Tullar, James 83 

Tullar, John L 83 

Tullar, Daniel 83 

Tullar, David 83 

Tullar, William. Jr 83 

Tullar, Hannah 83 

Tullar, Jacob Jr 83 

Tullar, Elijah 83 

Tullar, Reuben, Jr 8* 

Tullar, Rebecca 85 

Tullar, Eveline 85 

Tullar. Eliza 85 

Tullar, Sidney B 85 

Tullar, Chester C 85 

Tullar, Harriet 85 

Tullar, Emily 85 

Tuttle, Ella 69 

Tuttle, Hiram 69 

Tvler, President « 

Thomhill, Thomas. Jr.... 44 

Thomhill, Sarah J J 

Tilden. Rufus 84 

U 

Unca9 ll^.l^'J 

Upshur, Wm ' 



Index. 



Page. 



w 



Washington, President 

George 8 

Washington, Martha 8 

Ward, Capt. Nahum 23, 24 

Ware, Joseph E 50 

Wells, Col David... 23, 24, 18 

Warsham, Elizabeth 7 

Webster, Daniel 32, 96 

Wetherell, Daniel 32, 103, 105 

Wetherell, Mary 32, 105 

Wheeler, Thomas 97 

Wheeler, Elizabeth 95, 97 

Walworth, Capt. James... 24 
William, The Conqueror. 92 

Williams, Ira 34, 44 

Williams, Sarah 44 

Williams, Mary C 44 

Williams, Maria 44 

Williams, Jairus 44 

Williams Martha Kellogg 44 

Williams, Henry 44 

Williams, Thomas 44 

Williams, Lucy 44 

Willard, Benjamin, Rev... 

14, 15 

Whitcomb, Sally 34 

Whitcomb, Persis 34 

Whitcomb, John, 34 

Wright, Louise 48 

Wright, Mary Ill 

White, Eunice A 49 

White, Henry 49 

Whitenack, Jacob V 50 

Whitenack, Joseph T 51 



Page. 

Whitenack, Ella L 51 

Whitenack, Lida 51, 71 

Witters, W. L 51 

Witters, Fred L 51 

Witters, Frank H 51 

Witters, Chester C 57 

Witter, Hannah 93 

Witter, Joseph 94, 96 

Witter, Ebenezer 94, 95 

Witter, Josiah 94, 95 

Witter, William 95 

Wilmarth, Frances 61 

Wild, Emeline R 75 

Weld, Elizabeth 96, 98 

Weld, John 98, 99 

Weld, Joseph 98 

Whitton, Jane Ann 63 

Watson, John 85 

Woodruff, William 73 

Wheeler, Judge E 58 

Winslow, Edmond 108 

Wyllis, George 110 

Winthrop, John 114 

Wheelock, Charles D 48 

Warsham, William 7 

Wetherell, William 103 

Wynthrop, Gov 103 

Wamponoagas 104 

Wyllis, Mary Ill 

Wright, Thomas Ill 

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